“His family has said that anything can happen to him,” he added. The President of the Punjab Congress additionally took to X (Formerly Twitter) and known as the arrest a ploy by the Punjab authorities to distract individuals from the core points.
Condemning the detention of Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira, Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Thursday termed the motion taken by Punjab Police as a “jungle raj”. In an early morning operation on Thursday, a workforce of Punjab Police reached Khaira’s residence and performed a raid in reference to an outdated case registered in 2015 below the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in Jalalabad, Fazilka.
“I condemn this arrest. This is jungle raj as there is nothing in the case. The Supreme Court has stayed the proceeding and quashed it. The notice regarding stay has been given to ED, then tell me what is remaining in this eight-year-old case,” Amarinder Singh Raja Warring stated. He additional stated that Congress President Kharge known as me within the morning and requested us to battle for Khaira.
“His family has said that anything can happen to him,” he added. The President of the Punjab Congress additionally took to X (Formerly Twitter) and known as the arrest a ploy by the Punjab authorities to distract individuals from the core points.
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“The recent arrest of Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira ji smacks of Political Vendetta, it is an attempt to intimidate the opposition and is a ploy of the Punjab government to distract from core issues. We stand strongly with Sukhpal Khaira and will take this fight to its logical conclusion,” Warring posted on X.Â
Congress chief Partap Singh Bajwa additionally condemned the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led Punjab authorities towards the detention of Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira.
“Early in the morning at 6 am, Punjab Police arrested Khaira from his residence. My brothers the sad part is that the police did not have an arrest warrant,” Bajwa stated. He additional assured all of the members of the Punjab Congress that we stand like a rock with the whole management of the celebration and each employee.
“We will fight hard for Khaira Ji’s release,” he stated. He additional launched an assault on Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and stated that the Governments do not final endlessly.
“Governments don’t last forever, I strongly criticize your dictatorial action. Today is the birth anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh and on that day you did this,” he stated. In its first response the Aam Admi Party stated that the federal government in Punjab was simply following the due course of legislation and Khaira’s hyperlinks with drug enterprise had been no secret.
“The law will take its own course. It is well-known that Sukhpal Khaira ji indulged in the drug business. He kept getting protection from earlier governments. Now, a proper investigation will be conducted,” AAP MP Sushil Gupta stated. Sukhpal Singh Khaira was detained by Punjab police in reference to the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
Khaira was internet hosting a Facebook Live the place he may be seen arguing with police personnel as they raided his home this morning. A police official may be seen within the video telling Khaira {that a} SIT has been fashioned in an outdated drug smuggling case. In the video, Khaira can also be seen elevating slogans of “Punjab Sarkar murdabad” because the police personnel detain him.
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Earlier in 2015, there are two circumstances originated with the unearthing of a cross-border drug smuggling community in Fazilka, Punjab, resulting in the seizure of heroin, gold biscuits, weapons, cartridges, and Pakistani SIM playing cards and the second of a faux passport racket being run in Delhi.Â
As the trial went on, 9 smugglers, together with Gurdev Singh, Manjit Singh, Harbans Singh, and Subhash Chander, had been sentenced in October 2017 in reference to the Fazilka case. As per the chargesheet, Khaira was intently related to Gurdev Singh, the chief of the Fazilka drug smuggling racket, and is accused of getting sheltered him.
The major accusations towards Khaira embrace supporting a global gang of smugglers, having sheltered him and receiving monetary advantages from drug traffickers, and having fun with the proceeds of crime. On February 16, 2023, a Supreme Court bench of Justices BR Gavai and Vikram Nath quashed the summoning order towards Khaira within the medication case.
Sukhpal Khaira is an MLA from Bholath in Kapurthala of Punjab and Chairman of All India Kisan Congress. The arrest of Sukhpal Khaira is predicted to additional dent the relations of AAP and the Congress which have come collectively to type the INDIA alliance on the centre. The state unit of the Congress has opposed any tie-up or seat-sharing association with the AAP in Punjab.
