Chase, face-off between Punjab, Chandigarh cops over custody of RS aspirant
Navneet Chaturvedi, national president of Janata Party and a resident of Jaipur, was booked Monday in Punjab’s several districts after AAP MLAs alleged their signatures were forged nomination papers submitted by him
There were verbal exchanges between the two sides with the SP demanding custody of Chaturvedi and the SHO refusing to give it to him The Punjab Police and Chandigarh Police found themselves at loggerheads Tuesday over the custody of a Rajasthan native, who is accused of filing his Rajya Sabha polls nomination with forged signatures.
Navneet Chaturvedi, national president of Janata Party and a resident of Jaipur, was booked Monday in Punjab’s several districts after AAP MLAs alleged their signatures were forged nomination papers submitted by him. In a parallel move, Chaturvedi sought protection from Chandigarh Police, which was granted on Monday night.
The confrontation between the two police teams, one led by an SP from Punjab’s Ropar and another by SHO of Sector 3 Police Station, Chandigarh, took place at Sukhna Lake Tuesday when the UT Police team was returning with Chaturvedi from Punjab Vidhan Sabha after his nomination papers for the October 24 Rajya Sabha polls were rejected during scrutiny.
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