Bajwa quizzed for six hours, Congress rallies behind him

Main opposition party accuses AAP govt of 'misusing' police for political vendetta

- Nikhil Sharma and Vishal Rambani

MOHALI: Punjab leader of Opposition (LoP) and Congress MLA Partap Singh Bajwa was on Tuesday grilled for nearly six hours by the Mohali cyber crime cell over his "50 bombs reaching the state", statement.

The beleaguered Congress leader reached the police station around 2.30 pm and was questioned by the Punjab police officers, including Mohali superintendent of police (city) Harbir Atwal. The entire Congress leadership rallied behind the LoP and held a protest outside the venue till the Qadian MLA came out around 8 pm.

Bajwa reached the police station accompanied by his son Vikram Partap, Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring and former Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa. Mohali police had barricaded the routes to the cyber crime police station. Bajwa was booked under Sections 197(1)(d) (false and misleading information that endangers the country's sovereignty and unity) and 353(2) (false statements intend to create enmity and hatred or ill will), a non-bailable offence, of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita at the cybercrime police station in Phase-7, Mohali, on Sunday night.