2 min readLudhianaDec 19, 2014 12:00 AM IST
First published on: Dec 19, 2014 at 12:00 AM IST
In a first-of-its kind action taken by the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation for defacing the public property, the civic body on Thursday gave a police complaint against the Students’ Democratic Federation for pasting posters on the walls of newly constructed railway underpass on Lodhi Club Road.
The posters also had photographs of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal as the students’ group claims allegiance to the Shiromani Akali Dal.
Jaspreet Singh Hobby, who is also president of FEED Foundation, a city-based organisation and president of this federation, has been named in the complaint.
MC Commissioner Pradeep Kumar Agarwal reportedly saw some persons pasting posters late on Wednesday evening following which he directed MC officials to register a police complaint.
Assistant Municipal Commissioner Satwant Singh confirmed that the police complaint had been registered.
It was also learnt that Hobby had allegedly managed to install some illegal hoardings and many posters that are defacing the walls across the city.
A case was registered under Section 3(1) of the Prevention of Defacement of Public Property Act against Jaspreet Singh Hobby, Simarjit Singh of Jwaddi, Kamaldeep Singh Jwaddi and Sukhwinder Singh Jwaddi.
Police recovered around 1,375 posters and also arrested the accused who were later released on bail.
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