By Punjabnewswire4u
CHANDIGARH, MARCH
21
The Punjab
State Commission for Scheduled Castes on Thursday proceeded further on a
complaint regarding assault of Head Constable Mr. Jai Pal belonging to
Scheduled Castes Community by Congress MLAs, who ridiculed him with casteist
remarks on March 13, 2013 and it recorded the statement of Speaker Punjab
Vidhan Sabha Mr. Charanjit Singh Atwal.
Mr. Rajesh Bagha,
Chairman Commission for Scheduled Castes accompanied by Mr. Parkash Singh
Gardhiwala and Mr. Dalip Singh Pandhi, Members of Commission informed that they
recorded the statement of the Speaker as he was the Custodian of Punjab Vidhan
Sabha, where the alleged assault and denigration of an on duty Head Constable,
belonging to SC Category, took place. They informed that the Victim was working
under the superintendence and control of Punjab Vidhan Sabha and discharging
duty allocated by Secretary Vidhan Sabha and it was imperative to record their
statements to further investigate complaint.
The Chairman said
that in his detailed statement given to the Commission, the Speaker
informed them about the sequence of events, including assault on the on duty
victim by a group of Congress MLAs. He also informed about complaint received
from the victim regarding his manhandling along denigration being a member of
SC Community and action taken by him as Speaker of Punjab Vidhan Sabha on the
complaint. He also informed that the complaint has been also forwarded to
Chandigarh Police that has registered a FIR on the said complaint under section
147,149, 332, 353, 384 of the IPC.
Mr. Madan
Mohan Mittal, Cabinet Minister for Parliamentary Affairs was also present on
the occasion.
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