On Wednesday, the ਪੰਜਾਬ and Haryana High Court told the ਪੰਜਾਬ ਸਰਕਾਰ not to arrest Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa until the next hearing on April 22. This order came after Bajwa asked the court to cancel the ਪੁਲਿਸ case (FIR) filed against him.
The case was filed after Bajwa said in a TV interview, “50 bombs have reached ਪੰਜਾਬ. Of this, 18 have exploded, 32 are yet to go off.” The ਪੁਲਿਸ booked him under serious charges, including spreading false information that could harm the country’s unity and create hate among ਲੋਕ.
Bajwa’s lawyer, APS Deol, said the court asked the ਪੰਜਾਬ ਸਰਕਾਰ to reply to their request to cancel the case. The court also told Bajwa not to speak publicly about the matter.
Bajwa, who is the Leader of Opposition in the ਪੰਜਾਬ Assembly, went to the Cyber Crime ਪੁਲਿਸ station in Mohali on Tuesday for questioning. He was questioned for about six hours and said it felt like a “sustained interrogation.” He also said that the case against him is part of a political vendetta by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ਸਰਕਾਰ.
The next hearing in the case will be on April 22.
