2 'roughed up' at Sangrur rest house

Sangrur, January 9

High drama was witnessed last night when local BJP leaders allegedly barged into the PWD rest house and protested the stay of two persons on the recommendation of local Congress leaders.

However, the two occupants lodged a complaint with the police, demanding action against the BJP leaders, even as the latter lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against PWD officers. “We had information that some Congress supporters had been staying in four rooms of the rest house for the past few months. When we reached there, we found three of the rooms locked and some persons staying in the fourth. The police helped them flee. We have lodged a complaint with the EC seeking action against PWD officers,” said Randeep Deol, who along with local leaders Jatinder Kalra and Sarjiwan Jindal was present at the scene.

Initially, the room occupants allegedly refused to open the door and drama continued for over two hours. When they opened the door after the police arrived, they were allegedly roughed up. Both occupants — Vivek Gupta and Shubhdeep Singh — in their complaint to the police alleged they had scheduled a visit to Sangrur for personal work and booked a room at the rest house. They were allotted room No.106 for the night of January 8.

“But BJP leaders caught hold of Vivek after forcibly entering our room and asked us to vacate the room. Later, around 30 unidentified persons roughed us up and threatened us with dire consequences,” the duo claimed.

District Election Officer-cum-DC Ramvir said an inquiry was underway. — TNS