Delhi Police deny illegally detaining Lakha Sidhana s cousin

Delhi | Tuesday | 13th April, 2021

Summary:

New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Monday refuted allegations that it had "illegally" detained gangster-turned-activist Lakha Sidhana's cousin Gurdeep Singh in Punjab, even as a team of its Special Cell questioned him. Many of the protesters, driving tractors, reached the Red Fort and entered the monument, where a religious flag was also hoisted. Sidhana is wanted in some of these cases and is deliberately evading arrest, the statement said. According to the police, on April 8, a Special Cell team that was moving in the vicinity of Patiala in search of Sidhana, questioned Singh. "The investigation is being conducted as per law and in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure..