Condemning police “inaction” which led to the suicide of international Karate player Kuldeep Kaur in Batala a day before, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday demanded an inquiry into the political interference by Punjab Rural Development Minister Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa and other Congressmen in the case.
Expressing his heartfelt condolences with the bereaved family, SAD president Sukhbir Badal said that the manner in which the State police had become a tool of Congressmen had been exposed by the victim’s brother, Satwant, who had failed to win justice for his sister and mother.
“Satwant, an army personnel, extended his leave several times and appealed for justice to everyone from the Station House Officer (SHO) to the Director General of Police (DGP) but was denied the same,” he said.
He said that a case should be filed against Minister Bajwa as well as former chairman Balwinder Singh Billa “for obstructing the police force from conducting its duty” as disclosed by the victim’s brother Satwant.
“But for this international player Kuldeep Kaur’s career would not have been snuffed out in her youth. Action should also be taken against other police officials in Batala who had denied justice to Kuldeep and her mother after a murderous assault on them few months back,” he said.
Sukhbir said that the State was slipping into jungle raj because the Congress government was unable to rein in its goonda elements. “In fact, immediately after the Congress came into power in March this year it encouraged its workers to settle scores with their political opponents,” he alleged adding that even our dalit supporters were not spared and a family saw its head being disrobed and beaten while its women members were molested.