Akalis to take 100 ‘false’ cases to NHRC

A delegation led by former CM Parkash Singh Badal will present to the NHRC tomorrow as many as 100 ‘‘false cases’’ regis...

A delegation led by former CM Parkash Singh Badal will present to the NHRC tomorrow as many as 100 ‘‘false cases’’ registered against their workers by the Capt Amarinder Singh government.

Interestingly, Badal’s son, Sukhbir Badal, has already been asked to appear before the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Vigilance Bureau tomorrow, but he has declined, saying he would make himself available to the Vigilance on October 8 along with his father.

The 100 cases have been selected from almost all the Punjab districts and range from charges of looting, extortion and kidnapping to cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. The Akali Dal sub-committee, headed by former SGPC chief Kirpal Singh Badungar, has prepared the case.

Interestingly, the 100-string list omits some very obvious cases like the charge of sedition against Narottam Singh Dhillon, a relative of Badal, about which even Amarinder had expressed severe doubts. The accused in these cases range from former ministers to Akali sarpanches and even village-level workers.

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