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Attempted attack on Khattar: 9 cops may face action
Haryana assembly speaker Gian Chand Gupta on Tuesday said that disciplinary action could be initiated against nine cops, including an IPS officer, for alleged lapse in the security of chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar in the Vidhan Sabha precincts on March 10
Haryana assembly speaker Gian Chand Gupta on Tuesday said that disciplinary action could be initiated against nine cops, including an IPS officer, for alleged lapse in the security of chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar in the Vidhan Sabha precincts on March 10.
Nine Punjab MLAs of Shiromani Akali Dal, including former Punjab ministers Sharanjit Singh Dhillon and Bikram Singh Majithia, were booked by the Chandigarh Police in March for their alleged attempt to attack Khattar in the Vidhan Sabha complex.
The Punjab MLAs were demanding that the Haryana government should pass a resolution against the Centre’s three agricultural laws.
The speaker, in a statement on Tuesday, said that an inquiry report was submitted by the director general of police holding nine police personnel including IPS officer and the then superintendent of police (security) Pankaj Nain responsible for the security lapse.
Nain was responsible for managing the security apparatus in the assembly parking where the alleged attempt to attack Khattar took place.
“Show-cause notices have been issued to eight police personnel. It has been assured that disciplinary action will be initiated against them after getting their response and analysing the episode,” the speaker said.
Acting on complaint of a marshal of the assembly secretariat on March 13, the Chandigarh Police had registered case against Dhillon, Majithia, Baldev Singh Khaira, Sukhwinder Kumar, Harinder Pal Singh Chandumajra, Kanwarjit Singh Barkandi, Manpreet Singh Ayali, Gurpartap Singh Wadala and Narinder Kumar Sharma.
According to the complaint, Khattar was giving a press briefing on the day’s session when the nine SAD MLAs, accompanied by six-seven people with black stripes protested and allegedly tried to attack him.
The security staff of the Vidhan Sabha and the Haryana Police intervened and prevented the situation from worsening.
Haryana DGP had also constituted a team of police officials from Haryana, Chandigarh and Punjab to fix responsibility of officials for the alleged security lapse which led to the attempted attack on the CM.
However, the assembly speaker expressed dissatisfaction over the inquiry conducted by the joint team of Chandigarh, Haryana and Punjab police.
In an April 7 communication to the DGP, the assembly secretariat had said that after going through the inquiry report, the speaker has observed that it is full of suggestions rather than an inquiry.
