Crores being demanded to withdraw rape case: Balwinder Bains

“We have already demanded a CBI probe and filed pleas in the High Court and Supreme Court but we were told to surrender first. We have done what the court ordered us and now we will fight it till justice is not served,” he added.

Balwinder claimed that his brothers have been “framed” in the false case under a conspiracy by Shiromani Akali Dal. “Sukhbir Badal and Bikram Singh Majithia are behind the fake rape case against my brothers. They weaved this conspiracy in connivance with Harish Rai Dhanda,” alleged Balwinder. He claimed that the Akali Dal was taking revenge as he and Simarjeet always “exposed” misdeeds of Badals. “Akalis consider us responsible for the downfall of their government. Hence they planned this conspiracy”.

“Truth is being hidden…the complainant is not what she is portraying herself to be. It has been more than a year that an autorickshaw driver had submitted a complaint against her but no action has been taken yet,” alleged Balwinder.

The Bains brothers’ had parted ways with SAD ahead of 2012 Punjab Assembly election. SAD leader Dhanda, who is also the counsel for the woman complainant in the rape case, contested polls against Simarjeet from Atam Nagar earlier this year. Both lost to AAP.

Meanwhile, a drama ensued when the power supply was snapped in the middle of the press conference at Circuit House, which is a government owned facility. Officials at the venue claimed that Balwinder had not taken permission to hold the press conference. “We are ready to pay the necessary fee,” said Balwinder.

Simarjeet in one-day police custody

A local court Monday sent Simarjeet Bains to 14-day judicial remand in the rape case, after his 7-day police remand came to an end. However, before he could be taken to jail, another local court sent him to one-day police custody in the Verka Milk Plant trespassing case.

On June 12, 2018, Sarabha Nagar police had booked Simarjeet for allegedly ‘trespassing’ in Verka milk plant premises at Ludhiana, ‘threatening’ employees and forcibly testing milk samples in the laboratory. Bains had alleged a ‘scam’ of Rs 200 crore at MILKFED-run Verka milk plants of Punjab government.