Bathinda Police have booked four SAD workers including Maluka nagar panchayat president Harjit Singh, councillor Sukhdev Singh, Raj Singh and Jagsir Singh for cutting three trees along Kotha Guru-Maluka road. Bhagta Bhai Ka SHO sub- inspector Gurtej Singh said forest range officer Inderjit Singh had lodged the complaint.
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SAD leader and former minister Sikander Singh Maluka has alleged political vendetta in the case and claimed that the trees had fallen due to high-speed winds a few days ago. “We will stage a protest outside Bhagta Bhai Ka police station against the bookings on Thursday,” he said. A case has been registered under sections 379 (theft) and 427 (mischief) of the IPC.