The Punjab Police on Tuesday registered a case over a social media post, saying it tarnished the image of Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh and carried a photograph of a woman without her permission.
The case was lodged against unidentified people after state Congress general secretary Capt Sandeep Sandhu gave a written complaint in this regard to the Director, Bureau of Investigation, police said. Sandhu sought a thorough investigation into the “criminal and political conspiracy” unleashed by “unscrupulous and disgruntled elements” to tarnish the reputation of the Chief Minister through the defamatory message shared on WhatsApp and other platforms.
Sandhu said the role of political opponents of the chief minister in spreading the derogatory message ahead of the 2022 Assembly elections cannot be ruled out. He said the message contained defamatory and derogatory insinuations against the CM and the woman from Malerkotla, who happens to be an acquaintance of a relative of the CM.