Congress MLA booked for damaging public property in Ferozepur

Congress MLA booked for damaging public property in Ferozepur

Ferozepur, July 22, 2016: Parminder Singh Pinky, Congress MLA has been booked following the clash with the BJP workers over installation of gym in municipal park, for damaging public property.

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Heavy police force was already deputed by the administration to avoid any clash between the youth congress workers and the MC officials including hundreds of Safai sewaks. However, the youth congress workers reached MC office, things took an ugly turn and both rival groups started pelting stones at each other. While the congress workers were forcibly trying to lock down the main gate, the other group carrying baseball bats and laathis, were trying to prevent them. Meanwhile, the situation became worse when few unidentified persons opened fire.

Sandip Singh Garha, SDM, Rachhpal Singh, SP (D), Rajbir Singh, SP (Hq), Vibhor Sharma, DSP, Ferozepur along with several police officials from police stations Ferozepur City, Ferozepur Cantt, Ferozepur Sadar and Kulgarhi reached the spot and tried to pacify the situation however later the police resorted to light lathi charge and used tear gas also due to which the youth congress workers scattered.

MC President Ashwani Grover said that the Congress workers were trying take law in hands by locking down the MC gate. “These people are protesting for their vested interests. They (congress workers) did not take any permission to install the gymnasium in the park.  Grover said that the Congress MLA should have taken up the matter with MC, rather than starting the construction without any consent. Today they were trying to take law in their hand we were just trying to protect ourselves.

The police sources confirmed the Congress and BJP workers  locked horns over installation of oplen air gym and registration of a case against  Congress MLA Parminder Singh Pinky along with his accomplices to lock the Government property and to damage the Government property and also instigating the mob for creating chaos in the area.  The case been registered on the complaint made by Smt. Amarjeet Kaur, Inspector Municipal Committee, Ferozepur.