Amritsar SAD leader leaving for Mohali to support Majithia detained

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) ward number 43 councillor Inderjit Singh Pandori was reportedly detained by the police while he was leaving for Mohali to show support for senior SAD leader and former Punjab minister Bikram Singh Majithia.

Pandori claimed that when he, along with other SAD leaders and supporters, was leaving for Mohali, the cops from the B-Division police station intercepted and detained them at their homes. He alleged that the local authorities had been pressuring him over the past week not to attend the Mohali gathering.

Despite this, Pandori remained defiant, stating that the Punjab Government’s attempts to demoralise him and his supporters would not succeed. “The Akali Dal and its supporters are in ‘charhdi kala’ (high spirits), and no force can shake our resolve,” Pandori said before his detention.

The SAD strongly condemned the police action, terming it an attack on democratic rights and freedom of assembly. Party leaders are expected to raise the issue at the higher level in the coming days.

The police also detained several prominent SAD leaders and workers in different parts of the state in the morning to prevent them from heading toward Mohali. Monu, son of SAD councillor Nagwant Kaur, stated that he was already out of the house when the local police called his family to inquire about his whereabouts. He also criticised the government’s action against Majithia’s supporters.

The Vigilance Bureau (VB) had arrested Majithia from his Amritsar house on June 25 in a case registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act. He was brought to Mohali the next day. The court had initially sent him to a seven-day VB remand, which was later extended by four days.

Today, the Mohali court sent Majithia to judicial custody after the end of his four-day remand. He has been lodged in New Jail, Nabha, till July 19.

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