Punjab MLA Simarjit Bains released
In a major twist of turn, Punjab MLA and Lok Insaf Party chief Simarjit Singh Bains, who was arrested for infighting a clash in Ludhiana, has been released.
Meanwhile, Simarjit Bains and Kamaljit Singh Karwal will remain under 24-hour surveillance. Punjab Police on Tuesday arrested Lok Insaf Party chief Simarjit Singh Bains after a group clash at Gill market in Ludhiana.
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He was arrested for the alleged clash that broke out between supporters of Congress leader Kamaljit Singh Karwal and Simarjit Bains on Monday. Karwal had alleged that Bains attacked and fired at his convoy.
"Police have registered a fake case against me and my family members at the behest of Congress Government. I want to ask Election Commission how fear-free elections will happen like this," said Bains.
Bains, his son, and 32 others were booked on charges of attempt to murder and other sections after the incident.
In the incident, Toyota Fortuner of Congress candidate Kamaljit Singh Karwal was badly damaged, allegedly by the LIP workers. Even bullets were allegedly fired in the air.
LIP workers allegedly tried to stop the police vehicle in which Bains was taken from the court complex but after a few minutes of protest, the police managed to take the MLA along.
A case under Sections 307, 427, 148, 149, 506, and 188 of the IPC, Section 51 of the Disaster Management Act, Section 3 of the Epidemic Disease Act, and Section 127 of the Representation of People's Act was registered against Bains and 33 others.
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