Now Khalistan ‘flag’ erected outside Baghapurana SDM office, fourth incident in 3 weeks
That is the fourth such incident the place a flag with ‘Khalistan’ written on it’s been discovered at a public position in Moga in final 3 weeks.
A saffron flag with ‘Khalistan’ written on it used to be observed on a flag pole out of doors the place of work of sub-divisional Justice of the Peace (SDM) Baghapurana in district Moga, Wednesday. That is the fourth such incident the place a flag with ‘Khalistan’ written on it’s been discovered at a public position in Moga in final 3 weeks.
Police mentioned that the pole on which the flag used to be discovered within the morning, used to be used for hoisting the nationwide flag all through the Independence Day programme.
“SDM had hoisted the nationwide flag in this pole and later the Tricolor used to be got rid of. Round nine am Wednesday, some unidentified individuals put in a saffron flag with Khalistan written on it. It used to be first spotted through a safety guard and got rid of right away,” mentioned Sub-inspector Harmanjit Singh, SHO Baghapurana police station.
SHO mentioned that an FIR hasn’t been registered but as in line with a Ideally suited Courtroom judgment, hoisting a flag isn’t an offence. “We’re consulting felony mavens,” mentioned SHO.
SP (investigation) Jagatpreet Singh, mentioned, “In step with a Ideally suited Courtroom order, elevating such flags, which grasp no constitutional validity, isn’t an offence. Most of these mischiefs are most commonly being accomplished to create rigidity and snatch consideration. The flag used to be got rid of right away. We had registered an FIR within the August 14 incident since the nationwide flag used to be desecrated then.”
On August 14, an afternoon forward of the Independence Day, two males had allegedly raised a Khalistan flag atop the Moga deputy commissioner’s place of work and likewise desecrated the nationwide flag, whilst their 3rd associate filmed the incident. Police arrested Akashdeep Singh (19), Jaspal Singh (27) and Inderjeet Singh (32). A fourth individual, who gave Inderjeet and Jaspal safe haven, too has been arrested. Police claimed that the trio did the act to earn simple cash upon getting influenced through the movies of Gurpatwant Singh Pannu, a chosen terrorist and the self-styled felony guide of the banned US-based outfit Sikhs For Justice (SFJ). Pannu had introduced $2,500 for teenagers who will elevate the ‘Khalistan flag’.
On August 23, a flag with ‘Khalistan’ written on it used to be discovered striking with an iron attitude on the railway overbridge close to Kotkpaura Bypass in Moga. Previous to that, at the intervening night time of August 15 and 16, a suspicious saffron flag, allegedly with ‘Khalistan’ written on it, used to be discovered positioned at village Dhudike of Moga, the ancestral village of freedom fighter Lala Lajpat Rai.
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