Punjab Assembly poll: Sanour AAP candidate booked for 'false affidavit'

Patiala, February 11

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate from Sanour has been booked by the Patiala police for allegedly submitting a false affidavit when he filed his nomination papers for the Punjab Assembly election.

Harmit Singh Pathanmajra has been booked under Sections 191 and 199 of the IPC and Section 125-A of the Representation of People Act.

The FIR has been registered on a complaint filed by the returning officer.

In the complaint, the returning officer said the candidate, in his nomination papers filed on January 31 did not disclose about the criminal case against him.

The candidate is said to have a criminal case pending against him, in Barnala district where he had been declared a proclaimed offender.

Mohammad Shakeel, who’s contesting the elections as an independent candidate from Malerkotla, has been arrested for election fraud.

Punjab’s Chief Electoral Officer S Karuna Raju said he was booked under sections 193/199 of the IPC and 125A Representation of People Act, at PS City-1 Malerkotla.