KHAIRA ARREST: CONG SEEKS ACTION AGAINST PUNJAB COPS

I Congress demands lodging of kidnapping case against cops for 'forcibly entering' Sukhpal Singh Khaira's residence to arrest him.

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As Punjab Police arrested Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira in connection with a 2015 drugs case, Leader of Opposition in state Assembly Partap Singh Bajwa on Thursday said that a kidnapping case should be registered against “those police officers” for “forcibly entering” the Chandigarh residence of party leader early morning.

On the other hand, Punjab Youth Congress workers on Thursday staged a protest in Ludhiana against the arrest of party MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira in a 2015 drug case.

Earlier, the Congress on Thursday had lambasted the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab over the arrest of its MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira in connection with a 2015 drugs case, it has exposed the chinks in the newly minted Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A) bloc.

The Congress and the AAP are part of the I.N.D.I.A bloc, but have been at loggerheads with each other over various issues in Delhi and Punjab where the Arvind Kejriwalled party is in power.

Khaira was arrested by the Punjab Police in connection with a 2015 drugs case on Thursday morning, official sources said. A team led by Superintendent of Police Manjeet Singh raided the Chandigarh residence of Khaira around 6 am.

The MLA's son went live on Facebook showing that a team of Punjab Police has reached their residence to apprehend Khaira. In the video, Khaira could be seen arguing with the police team and asking them to show him the arrest warrant.