Bajwa intended to disturb peace in Punjab, says FIR

Leader of Oppn skips Punjab Police summons, seeks time till 2pm on Tuesday to face questioning

- Nikhil Sharma and Vishal Rambani

MOHALI/CHANDIGARH: Leader of Opposition (LOP) and Congress MLA Partap Singh Bajwa was booked on the complaint of Punjab Police woman constable Taranpreet Kaur on Sunday for providing misleading information with the intention to disturb peace by claiming that 50 bombs have reached the border state.

Constable Taranpreet Kaur, who is a social media cell operator of Punjab Police in Mohali, stated in her complaint that as part of her duty of cyber monitoring, she was scrolling through social media posts/sites when she came across the objectionable post on Facebook.

"This post contains a statement/interview by Partap Singh Bajwa, wherein he claims that 50 grenades have reached the state of Punjab, out of which 18 have been used and 32 remain to be detonated. From the contents of the interview, it is evident that Bajwa did not disclose the source of this information or the possible targets against whom the grenades are to be used," the FIR read. She said that by making such a statement, he intended to disturb public peace and tranquillity, creating a sense of fear, ill-will, and enmity among different communities.