Ex Sarpanch arrested for using caste remarks, assault

Dilbag Singh 

Ex Sarpanch arrested for using caste remarks, assault  

LOHIAN KHAS 10 JUNE 

The Lohian Khas police have arrested an ex-sarpanch for using cast remarks and assault.

Shahkot Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP)  Onkar  Singh Brar said the accused has Harbhajan Singh alias Bhajanna(Ex sarpanch) a resident of Basti Kang Kalan village.

 Gurpreet Daudhar alias Yama, a resident of the same village, had complained to the police that he was sitting in his house on May 27 discussing a village issue when the accused Harbhajan Singh came and requested him to come to his house under a conspiracy where the other two accused were already sitting.

The complainant had said all the accused said they do not recognise any panchayat, and started beating him and said that” Chuhrre “Sarpanch like you are roaming her and there.

DSP said a case under sections 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt) and 3(5) (committing crime with common intention 0 and section 3(1) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act 1989 was registered against the accused and two others