Mohali Court issues arrest warrant against Bagga

Chandigarh, May 7: Delhi BJP leader Tejinder Pal Singh Bagga on Saturday suffered a major setback, when a Mohali court issued an arrest warrant against him. The court has directed Mohali-based State Cyber Crime officer in-charge to arrest and produce the BJP leader before the court. Bagga has been booked under the offences of Sections 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups on the grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language), 505 (inciting violence against a class or community) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the India Penal Code (IPC). A high-voltage drama ensued on Friday after Punjab Police arrested the BJP leader. A team of Punjab Police on Friday morning arrested the BJP leader from his residence in Janakpuri area of the national capital, but Haryana Police stopped the vehicles carrying Bagga to Mohali and later handed him over to a team of Delhi Police, which brought him back to the national capital and produced him before a Magistrate on Friday evening. Delhi Police registered a kidnapping case on a complaint filed by Pritpal Singh Bagga, father of Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga. In his complaint, father Pritpal Singh alleged that some people took away his son from their residence at around 0800 hrs on Friday. After the FIR was lodged, the Delhi Police obtained a search warrant from the Dwarka dist. here, AAP Punjab chief

spokesperson Malwinder Singh Kang, while slamming the BJP, said that protecting a habitual offender, who since 2011 was doing nothing but inciting riots and spreading hate, was very shameful. He pointed out that Bagga was facing many charges in different states of the country for his hate speech, inciting riots and hurting religious sentiments of people. (UNI)rict court.