Sarpanch, 200 others booked for rioting
Sunit Dhawan
Tribune News Service
Rohtak, February 27
Villagers showed black flags to the BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Ram Chander Jangra and obstructed his car at Meham town in the district on Saturday. The police have registered a case against a village sarpanch and 200 others in this regard.
Jangra was invited as the chief guest at the inaugural ceremony of an indoor stadium at Saraswati Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School in Meham. A number of persons assembled there and started raising slogans against the BJP government.
Was chief guest at inaugural event
- BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Ram Chander Jangra was invited as the chief guest at the inaugural ceremony of an indoor stadium at Saraswati Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School in Meham
- When the MP came out of the school after the function, the protesters showed black flags to him and tried to stop his car.
When the MP came out of the school after the function, the protesters showed black flags to him and tried to stop his car. The police personnel on duty somehow managed to disperse the protesters, following which the MP’s car sped away.
“We are supporting the farmers’ agitation and will not allow any BJP leader to enter our area until the government fulfils the demands of the protesting farmers,” said a youth participating in the protest demonstration.
The police have registered a case against Ashish, sarpanch of Farmana village, and 200 unknown persons on charges of rioting, wrongful restraint and obstructing public servants from discharge of public functions under Sections 147, 149, 186 and 341 of the IPC on the basis of a complaint lodged by a police officer. No arrest was made till the filing of this report.
