Tribune News Service

Amritsar, July 23

Alleging police inaction, SAD leaders headed by Talbir Singh Gill, along with party workers, today held a demonstration at the Hall Gate area. They alleged that the Sultanwind police were dithering on registering an FIR in the case in which a youth brought pistol to kill 14-year-old son of their SC wing leader Jagjit Singh Judge. They alleged that they had handed over the CCTV footage of the youth carrying pistol and other evidence in this regard. SAD leaders threatened to hold a protest outside the Police Commissioner’s office if the police failed to take appropriate action in this regard.

However, the police denied the allegation, while adding that the SAD leaders were using pressure tactics for registering an FIR, which is ‘totally wrong’ as there was no evidence that the youth was carrying a weapon. “It was an air pistol which does come under the purview of the Arms Act while preliminary probe revealed that it was a minor dispute between children playing in an open ground nearby their residences,” said Perneet Dhillon, SHO Sultanwind police station.

Gill, party in-charge of the Amritsar South Constituency alleged that the police were not taking action under the influence of Congress MLA. “We will hold an agitation outside Police Commissioner’s office where the CCTV footage of the accused would be played if the police failed to take appropriate action.

Dhillon said Judge and his brother had several criminal cases against them. He said few days ago, his son had a dispute with Thulli while playing ‘Gillidanda’. Judge, who is in-charge of the SC wing of the constituency threatened Thulli at that time and enraged over this, he brought air pistol from his house which he had bought from a village fair.

“We took preventive action against the boy for this as carrying air pistol does not invite action under the Arms Act,” SHO pointed out.