Phagwara, November 7

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today alleged the state government had issued specific instructions to DGP IPS Sahota to implicate the top Akali leadership in the sacrilege and police firing cases.

Holding a string of events in the city and periphery today, the SAD chief said Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and Home Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa were daily holding meetings with the SIT team, asking it to identify people who could give “false” statements under Section 164 of the CrPC against the Badal family.

Claiming the Channi government was following the line of the previous regime, he alleged it was hell-bent on politicising the sacrilege issue instead of punishing the real culprits. — TNS

Justifies CM stand on DGP, AG posting

Sukhbir on Sunday justified the stand taken by CM Charanjit Singh Channi on the appointment of the DGP and AG, saying it was his prerogative. “The PPCC chief has no say in such appointments,” he said.