Punjab Congress chief booked for alleged casteist remark about former Union home minister
Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring has been booked for making allegedly casteist and derogatory remarks about late Buta Singh, who was the Union home minister between 1986 and 1989, The Indian Express reported on Wednesday.
Warring made the comments during a campaign speech for the Tarn Taran Assembly bye-election scheduled for November 11.
A first information report was registered at the Cyber Crime Police Station in Kapurthala on Tuesday based on a complaint filed by Buta Singh’s son Sarabjot Singh Sidhu, PTI reported.
Warring has been charged under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita pertaining to statements conducing to public mischief and promoting enmity between groups on grounds of religion and race, along with provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act, the Hindustan Times reported.
Kapurthala Senior Superintendent of Police Gaurav Toora told the newspaper that after receiving the complaint on Monday, the police sought legal advice and were recommended the registration of an FIR.
The officer said that further action will be taken in accordance with legal procedure.
In his complaint, Sidhu alleged that Warring used the terms “Kala Mazhabi Sikh” and “Black Sikh” in a derogatory manner to refer to his late father, claiming the words were deliberately used to insult members of the Mazhabi Sikh community and the Scheduled Caste community at large,...
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