Gurdaspur: Cops book ex-Akali leader's son, ex-AAP leader in illegal sand mining case

  • | Friday | 20th April, 2018

The FIR was registered following vigilance department’s report, he added.“Mobile phones of both Jagrup Singh and kaki are switched off. Later, he joined SAD(B). GURDASPUR: Gurdaspur police have registered a case against Jagrup Singh, son of former Akali minister Sewa Singh Sekhwan , and former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kanwalpreet Singh Kaki for their alleged involvement in illegal sand mining Bhaini Mian Khan police station SHO Sarabjit Singh told TOI on Friday that police had registered a case against Jagrup and Kaki under section 379 (punishment for theft) of the IPC, section 21 of the Mining and Mineral Act and 120 B. We are conducting raids to arrest them,” said the SHO.Balwinder Singh Bhinda, resident of village Nanokot, had lodged a complaint with vigilance department in 2013 about illegal sand mining on the riverbed near Mugla Baichiragh village allegedly by both of them.Filing of FIR against the son of the Akali stalwart is a major blow to SAD(B) in Majha especially after one of its senior ministers Sucha Singh Langah is already involved in a rape case.Kaki, former president of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Majha zone and convener Pagri Smabhal Jattan movement, had contested the last assembly elections from Qadian assembly constituency in Gurdaspur district and had lost to Congress party’s Fatehjung Bajwa with a margin of around 48,000 votes.

GURDASPUR: Gurdaspur police have registered a case against Jagrup Singh, son of former Akali minister Sewa Singh Sekhwan , and former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kanwalpreet Singh Kaki for their alleged involvement in illegal sand mining Bhaini Mian Khan police station SHO Sarabjit Singh told TOI on Friday that police had registered a case against Jagrup and Kaki under section 379 (punishment for theft) of the IPC, section 21 of the Mining and Mineral Act and 120 B. The FIR was registered following vigilance department’s report, he added.“Mobile phones of both Jagrup Singh and kaki are switched off. We are conducting raids to arrest them,” said the SHO.Balwinder Singh Bhinda, resident of village Nanokot, had lodged a complaint with vigilance department in 2013 about illegal sand mining on the riverbed near Mugla Baichiragh village allegedly by both of them.Filing of FIR against the son of the Akali stalwart is a major blow to SAD(B) in Majha especially after one of its senior ministers Sucha Singh Langah is already involved in a rape case.Kaki, former president of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Majha zone and convener Pagri Smabhal Jattan movement, had contested the last assembly elections from Qadian assembly constituency in Gurdaspur district and had lost to Congress party’s Fatehjung Bajwa with a margin of around 48,000 votes. Later, he joined SAD(B).

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