Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 6
A local court has issued notices to 10 senior Aam Aadmi Party leaders, including Bhagwant Mann, Harpal Singh Cheema and Aman Arora, in a year-old case of rioting registered by the Chandigarh Police.
The 10 party leaders besides workers were booked for allegedly pelting the police with stones during a demonstration opposite the MLA hostel here on January 10 last year. The case was registered under Sections 353 (assault a public servant), 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty), 147 (punishment for rioting) and 149 (unlawful assembly) of the IPC.
The court issued notices after the police submitted the challan (chargesheet) against them. The other leaders served notices included Baldev Singh, Baljinder Kaur, Meet Hayer, Manjit Singh Bilaspur, Narinder Shergill, Jai Krishan Singh Rouri and Saravjit Kaur Manuke. They have been asked to file reply on December 1.
The case was registered at the Sector 3 police station on the complaint of a woman constable. In her complaint, constable Manpreet Kaur claimed a large number of AAP workers had assembled in the ground of the MLA hostel and the 10 leaders led them towards the official residence of the Punjab Chief Minister. SP City Vineet Kumar and other senior police officers were present at a barricading outside the hostels. The AAP leaders were asked to stop as gatherings of over five persons were not barred in the city.
She alleged the party workers led by the leaders started pushing policemen and tried to break through the barricading, prompting the police to use water cannons. They then allegedly pelted the police with stones, causing injuries to several cops, including her. The injured were taken to the General Hospital where their medical examination was conducted. — TNS
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Notice served on 10 AAP leaders
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