Bains to hold protest today against CP, police for inaction

Ludhiana: A day after Lok Insaf Party (LIP) workers were booked by Ludhiana police after Congress workers beat them up and tossed their turbans, LIP supremo MLA Simarjit Singh Bains has opened a front against the police. Coming live on his FB page, Bains not only launched veiled attacks against Ludhiana commissioner of police (CP) Rakesh Aggarwal, but also asked his supporters to gather in large number on Tuesday to stage a dharna outside the CP office at 11am.
In a sensational claim, Bains said that one of the attackers of LIP worker Sunny Kainth was a policeman and a resident of Mehmoodpura village and was on one year leave. Bains, who for two days did not comment on this issue as he claimed he was unwell, has now demanded that an FIR be registered against Congress workers and other accused as per the statement recorded by Kainth.
Speaking on the issue Bains said, “Our workers who were holding a peaceful protest on the issue of non-availability of ventilators in the civil hospital, were beaten outside MP Ravneet Bittu’s residence and their turbans were tossed under a well-planned conspiracy hatched by the Congress workers in connivance with the police. If the police is not involved in this cowardly act, then why did a SHO called my workers on their phone to come outside MP Bittu’s residence and why all policemen who were present on the spot became mute spectators when the Congress goons attacked LIP workers and how such a huge crowd was allowed to gather inside the house of the MP.”
Bains added that, “This is big failure of the Ludhiana police commissioner and he is totally incompetent to run the law and order of the city. How is it possible that an SHO can play in the hands of gangsters and make phone calls to our workers to trap them to get their turbans tossed. Moreover, one of the attackers who has beaten up Kainth and committed sacrilege act by deliberately removing his turban is a policeman who is on 1 year leave and resident of Mehmoodpura village.”
He continued, “All these incidents clearly point out that everything was allegedly done by the police at the behest of the ruling party and to please some leaders. But LIP will not tolerate this injustice and on Tuesday we will stage a massive protest against Ludhiana police and CP for their failure to do justice to us and not registering a case against the attackers as per the statement of our workers. We will not sit silent until action is taken.”
On Saturday, a protest by LIP was organised against non-availability of ventilators in the civil hospital and to mock Congress MP Bittu for his inaction in the matter. LIP workers had first collected donations from public at Bharat Nagar Chowk and the collection was to be handed over to Bittu as a mark of protest but when LIP workers reached outside Bittu’s home they were attacked by Congress workers, who were allegedly hiding inside the home of the MP.