ROHTAK, Sept 17: Pardeep Jain, district Bharatiya Janata Party president, refuted the allegations of Seth Sri Kishan Dass, Town and Country Planning Minister, that he had instigted women to stage a dharna inside Dass' house yesterday. About 70 agitated women entered the Dass' house yesterday and shouted slogans, demanding safety and security for the residents of Nehru Colony.Sanjay, a youth, was stabbed to death and his friend, who sustained injuries, was hospitalised.Dass, who is ill, alleged yesterday that the women entered his house through the back door and called him names. He said that Pardeep Jain had incited them.Pardeep Jain, in a press conference, said that the women were holding ``virodh pradarshan''. He said he and his party had nothing to do with it. They demanded that patrolling should be introduced in the area to make the residents feel secure.Pardeep said he happened to reach there as his house was near Dass' house. He said that he pacified the women in the presence of the SHO.But the Minister had some misunderstanding, Pardeep said. He said the DIG (police) Deputy Commissioner, SSP and SDM made enquiries and left the place after they were satisfied that it was not his work.Later, the police arrested Mahipal and Sandeep, sons of Hawa Singh, a BJP activist. He said the administration had been warned to release them. Pardeep alleged that the police wanted to implicate them in a false case.
