9 sent to judicial custody, 5-day police remand for 4

Tribune News Service

Panchkula, November 4

The 13 suspects, who were arrested for allegedly attacking a team of the local police during a protest against licensed mining at Rattewali village in Barwala yesterday, were produced in a local court today.

While nine suspects, identified as Mahendra Singh, Subhash Chandra, Karnail Singh, Sanjeev, Jai Singh, Sarvan Singh, Balak Ram, Sunita and Kamlesh, were sent to judicial custody in Ambala jail, four suspects, including Rampal, Vinod Kumar, Sher Singh and Krishan Kumar, were sent to five-day police remand.

The police said other persons, involved in the violence, would be nabbed soon on the basis of video clips of the incident and grilling of already arrested suspects.

Two separate FIRs were lodged at the Chandimandir police station in connection with the incident. The first case was lodged under Sections 114, 147, 148, 149, 186, 188, 283, 307, 332, 341, 353, 379- B, 384, 427, 270, 271 and 120-B, IPC, and Sections 25, 54 and 59, Arms Act, and Sections 3, 4 and 5, PDP Act, against 13 persons on the basis of complaint filed by Duty Magistrate Sunil Jakhar.

The other FIR was registered against 34 persons under Sections 120-B, 148, 149, 308, 395, 435, 436 and 506, IPC, on the complaint of mining contractor Pradeep Goyal.