Taking serious note of the threats by Bikram Singh Majithia against IG Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, Punjab Government is all set to file a case of intimidation and defamation in the court on Tuesday against the Akali leader.
Advocate General Atul Nanda said the case was being filed on the directive of Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, who had instructed the state government’s legal team to pursue the matter with the judiciary.
Capt Amarinder made it clear that he would not tolerate such threats and intimidation of his officers by the Akalis or anyone else. The Akali leaders had the habit of browbeating and threatening anyone who dared to go against them, the Chief Minister said, pointing out that they had earlier also used offensive language against Justice Ranjit Singh, who headed the Commission that inquired into sacrilege cases.
Captain Amarinder said the abusive and threatening language used by Majithia against Kunwar Vijay Pratap in an interview (a video of which is viral) showed the desperation of the Akali leaders, given the fact that the IGP was all set to get back into the SIT and resume the probe against them in the Bargari and Behbal Kalan cases.
The Chief Minister pointed out that the Akali leaders had tried to scuttle the probe by getting Kumwar Vijay Pratap transferred out of the SIT through the Election Commission, which was acting as a tool of the BJP government at the Centre. However, realising that they had only managed to gain a few days and would soon be back in the dock, the Akali leaders were clearly getting desperate and resorting to personal attacks and threats, he added.