Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, October 2
Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Saturday urged the Chairman, Railway Board, Government of India, New Delhi, to withdraw the cases registered by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) against the members of farm organisations.
A spokesperson for the Chief Minister’s Office said Channi had impressed upon the chairman to take a sympathetic view of the matter and consider the withdrawal of cases against the members of various farm bodies.
It may be recalled that as part of the ongoing agitation against the farm laws enacted by the Centre, members of different organisations had staged dharnas on railway tracks in Punjab during 2020 and 2021. Consequently, the RPF had registered as many as 30 cases against them.
Meanwhile, in order to ensure peace and communal harmony in the border state, officiating Director General of Police (DGP) Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota on Saturday chaired a high-level meeting at the Punjab Police Intelligence Headquarters in SAS Nagar.
The DGP, who was accompanied by ADGP Varinder Kumar, ADGP (Internal Security) RN Dhoke and ADGP (Counter Intelligence amp; OCCU) Amit Prasad, reviewed the present scenario of internal security in the state.
The meeting took place at a time when the state has been witnessing recovery of grenades and RDX-laden tiffin boxes besides recovery of other arms and ammunition, signalling major attempts being made by anti-national elements to disturb law and order in the state.
After the briefing with senior officers from the internal security wing, the DGP said the Punjab Police had been doing a good job on the counter-terrorism front and various modules busted in this regard, and the people involved in the crime had already been arrested.
‘Take sympathetic view of agitation’
A spokesperson for the Chief Minister’s Office says Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has urged the Railway Board Chairman to take a sympathetic view of the matter and consider the withdrawal of cases against the members of various farm bodies.
Withdraw cases against farmers, Punjab CM urges Railway Board chief
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