Ludhiana: A day after SAD worker Paramjit Singh Pamma was arrested by Ludhiana police, the party has alleged that the arrest of Pamma is unjustified and slapping ‘kalandara’ under Section 110 on him is under pressure from the Congress. Meanwhile, Dhillon said that SAD does not approve posting of any kind of objectionable comments and posts against anyone, including political rivals, but also said that Pamma had already got bail from the court in the IT Act case registered by the police on the complaint of brother of MLA Talwar. He said that there was no need to impose ‘kalandara’ on him and arrest him. Dhillon also said that Pamma was a social activist too and arresting him without a proper case smelt of a conspiracy.
Speaking on the issue, Dhillon said “Ludhiana police is misusing its powers and playing in the hands of the Congress. Rules are being openly flouted and people and social workers and their families are being unnecessarily harassed by slapping cases on them. Pamma’s case is the latest in this series and without proper verification of facts ‘kalandara’ under section 110 was imposed on him as if he was a hardcore criminal. By doing this the police have clearly violated the law, misused its powers and given the evidence of acting not as police, but as a Congress worker. We have already conveyed about the wrongdoings to our high command and based upon the plan of action suggested by them, we will proceed accordingly in this case.”
Dhillon added that, “Mine and my party’s stand on the issue of objectionable posts is clear and we strongly oppose any such act committed by any of our worker or leader. But in Pamma’s case he was booked under the IT Act by the police in the case of objectionable post, but he secured bail from the court in this case. So, as of now I cannot comment anything about the social media posts case, but all I know is imposing ‘kalandara’ on him is totally unjustified and a ploy by the Congress to harass him.”
Meanwhile, while rubbishing SAD’s claims Ashwani Sharma, district president of the Congress, said, “By levelling such false accusations of our pressure on police for arresting Pamma, SAD is just trying to cover misdeeds of their workers. The police is doing its work as per law and Akalis are trying to disrupt it and create hurdles in the investigation. Moreover, the tactics of influencing investigations or pressuring government officials is the trademark practice of SAD and not of the Congress, which works only on democratic values.”