The Punjab Police on Friday arrested the spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga a month after he was booked in Mohali for criminal intimidation and making provocative, false, and communal inflammatory statements.
The Senior police superintendent (Mohali) Vivek Sheel Soni, as quoted by media reports, said Bagga was arrested from his home in New Delhi’s Janakpur. “We are bringing him to Mohali and producing him in court.” He added Bagga was served five notices to join the investigation, but he deliberately ignored them.
The Punjab and Haryana high court last month directed the Punjab Police to give prior notice if they want Bagga to join the probe.
The case was registered after Sunny Singh Ahluwalia, a leader of Punjab’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) filed a complaint against Bagga, who later moved the high court to quash the First Information Report (FIR).
The Punjab Police told the court the allegations in the FIR were not centred on a single statement while citing provocative, inflammatory, and communally divisive statements Bagga allegedly made.