Tajinder Bagga arrest Live Updates: Hours after he was granted protection from the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Tajinder Singh Bagga Sunday thanked the court and said that its decision showed that law still works in the country. He also thanked National Commission for Minorities for asking for a report on allegations that he was not allowed to wear a turban while being arrested by Punjab Police from his New Delhi residence. “In Sikhs, we can’t go out without a turban,” Bagga said.
In a late-night emergency hearing, the Punjab and Haryana High Court Saturday directed the state government to not take any coercive action against BJP leader Tajinder Singh Bagga until its next hearing on May 10. “We are not executing the arrest warrant till May 10,” said Punjab Advocate General Anmol Rattan Sidhu. “It is on the concession by the state government. We told the court that there was no urgency to arrest him. Hence, we can wait till Tuesday,” Sidhu added.
Bagga had moved the court against a non-bailable warrant issued against him by a Mohali court earlier in the day. The warrant was issued in connection with a case registered against him in Mohali on April 1, alleging inflammatory posts in the media and on Twitter. On Friday, the Punjab Police arrested Bagga from his residence in Delhi’s Janakpuri, but the city police here brought him back to the capital from Haryana, saying its Punjab counterpart did not inform it about the arrest. The Delhi police had also registered a case of kidnapping based on a complaint by Bagga’s father Pritpal Singh Bagga that “some people” came over to his house and took away his son. His arrest has led to a political slugfest between the BJP and AAP.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the Punjab Police must tender an apology for insulting the Sikh community, Hindu Sena president Vishnu Gupta said after meeting Delhi BJP leader Tajinder Pal Bagga’s father here on Sunday. Gupta said the Punjab police personnel thrashed Bagga’s father and did not allow Tajinder to wear his turban which is an insult to the Sikh community.
In dramatic developments, Bagga was arrested by Punjab Police from his home here on Friday, stopped in Haryana while being taken to Punjab and brought back to the national capital by Delhi Police hours later. A non-bailable arrest warrant was also issued against the BJP leader by a Mohali court the next day. However, in a late-night relief, the Punjab and Haryana High Court stayed the fresh arrest warrant against the Delhi BJP leader.
Gupta met Singh at their Janakpuri residence here and also assured of all possible help. ‘Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is using Punjab Police as a weapon to target those who stand against him or question him. Punjab Police came to arrest Bagga without seeking permission from the Delhi Police. They beat up his father and did not allow Tajinder to wear his turban. (PTI)
Delhi BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga, who was in the midst of a push and pull between police from three states for two days, said Sunday that he has no intention of physically harming Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and that the Punjab Police was going after him for minor things instead of working to bust drug cartels.
Speaking to The Indian Express on Sunday, Bagga, who was arrested by Punjab Police from his home in Delhi on Friday and was being taken to Punjab but was brought back after the intervention of the Delhi and Haryana Police, said that he was arrested for tweeting that he would not let Kejriwal live. Abhinav Rajput reports
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Tajinder Singh Bagga also thanked National Commission for Minorities for asking for a report on allegations that Bagga was not allowed to wear a turban while being arrested by Punjab Police from his New Delhi residence. “In Sikhs, we can’t go out without a turban,” Bagga said.
The NCM Saturday directed Punjab Chief Secretary Anirudh Tiwari to “submit a factual report within seven days” on this issue. In a letter to Tiwari, the NCM said it has taken suo motu cognizance of the media reports that Bagga, a Sikh, was allegedly not allowed to wear his turban while being arrested on Friday.
Delhi BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga’s father Pritpal Singh Sunday claimed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is scared of his son and is using the Punjab Police to intimidate the family. He said the last few days — referring to Bagga’s arrest by the Punjab Police from his residence on Friday and his subsequent release, and then a non-bailable arrest warrant issued against the BJP leader by a Mohali court the next day — have been very tough for them but they are “prepared to fight for the truth”.
“Whatever is happening is for good and whatever will happen in the future will also be for good,” Singh told PTI over phone. He said they have got relief from the High Court in the non-bailable warrant issued against his son Saturday. “My son is consulting lawyers and we will proceed according to their advice.” Hours after the Mohali court issued the arrest warrant in connection with a case registered against him by the Punjab Police last month, Bagga had moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court challenging it. (PTI)
Politics trumping process — this lies at the heart of the row over the arrest of Delhi BJP spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga. Inter-state arrests are routine and they mandate cooperation between the local police where the arrest is made and the police where the offence is said to have taken place. The cooperation, as stated by courts, extends to prior intimation and involvement in the arrest.
Apurva Vishwanath explains
Multiple daily diary (DD) entries were filed by the Punjab Police at Sadar Thanesar police station in Haryana’s Kurukshetra, in which they have alleged they were forcibly stopped by the Haryana Police around 10.40 am, held hostage for around five hours, before the Delhi Police forcibly took Delhi BJP spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga from their custody, it is learnt. The Haryana Police, on the other hand, mentioned in a DD entry that Delhi Police showed all legal documents and took Bagga’s custody after taking consent from the Punjab Police. Read the full story here
Police serving their political masters will lead to the ‘ultimate breakdown’ of federalism and the autonomy of police must stop at the border of another state, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said on Saturday, a day after BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga was arrested by Punjab Police.
This was bound to happen some day. Punjab, Delhi and Haryana police confrontation is an example of what lies in store in the future
Police serving their respective political masters will lead to the ultimate breakdown of federalism that is already in peril
Condemning the arrest of Tajinder Singh Bagga by the Punjab Police here, Delhi BJP leaders on Saturday staged a protest outside Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence and called him ‘a dictator’. Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta also alleged that with Bagga’s arrest, it was clear that the Aam Aadmi Party’s national convener had ‘misused’ the Punjab Police for personal benefit.
.@ArvindKejriwal की हिटलरशाही के खिलाफ आज AAP कार्यालय के बाहर प्रचंड प्रदर्शन किया।
केजरीवाल सरकार की गुंडागर्दी, तानाशाही रवैये से भाजपा कार्यकर्ता डरने वाले नही हैं चाहे कुछ भी कर लो हम रुकने-थकने वाले नही हैं, हर अन्याय का मुहतोड़ जवाब मिलेगा।
#IStandWithTajinderBagga pic.twitter.com/LqvWzBa3ES
After Tajinder Singh Bagga was granted protection by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, his father Preetpal Singh Bagga has welcomed the decision and said that Delhi Cheif Minister Arvind Kejriwal is scared of his son as he is exposing his wrongdoings. ‘He(Kejriwal) also tried to persuade Tajinder to join AAP but he didn’t join,’ Preeptal highlighted.
Tajinder Singh Bagga also thanked National Commission for Minorities for asking for a report on allegations that Bagga was not allowed to wear a turban while being arrested by Punjab Police from his New Delhi residence. “In Sikhs, we can’t go out without a turban,” Bagga said.
The NCM Saturday directed Punjab Chief Secretary Anirudh Tiwari to “submit a factual report within seven days” on this issue. In a letter to Tiwari, the NCM said it has taken suo motu cognizance of the media reports that Bagga, a Sikh, was allegedly not allowed to wear his turban while being arrested on Friday.
Hours after he was granted protection from the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Tajinder Singh Bagga thanked the court and said that its decision showed that law still works in the country.
I thank the Punjab & Haryana High Court &Minority Commission who showed y’day that law still works in this country… the Minority Committee sent a notice to Punjab govt for not letting me wear my turban. In Sikhs, we can’t go out without a turban: BJP leader Tajinder Singh Bagga pic.twitter.com/iYwZ4FXeBg
The AAP on Saturday accused the BJP and its governments of protecting its “goon” who incited riots in Punjab, a day after Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga was brought back to the capital after a high-voltage drama that drew in the police of three states and triggered a political slugfest.
Sooner or later, however, Bagga will have to appear before the Punjab Police as “a very legitimate case” has been filed against him, the party said, calling him “a serial offender and hate monger”. (With PTI)
Justice Anoop Chitkara of the Punjab and Haryana High Court held the hearing at his residence late on Saturday night. The court in its order said, “Given the statement of the learned advocate general, Punjab, let the present application be listed along with the main case on May 10…and no coercive steps be taken against the petitioner till the next date.”
“We are not executing the arrest warrant till May 10,” said Punjab Advocate General Anmol Rattan Sidhu. “It is on the concession by the state government. We told the court that there was no urgency to arrest him. Hence, we can wait till Tuesday,” said Sidhu.
Hours after a Mohali court issued a non-bailable warrant against him, Delhi BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga was granted relief by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which held an urgent hearing late on Saturday night.
“The HC has granted relief to Bagga, and has ordered no coercive action shall be taken against him till the next hearing on May 10,” said Bagga’s counsel, Senior Advocate Anil Mehta, who filed the plea seeking a stay on the arrest warrant. Bagga’s petition seeking quashing of the FIR against him is listed for May 10.
Delhi BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga alleged that Punjab Police Officials entered his home on Friday morning and arrested him as if he were a terrorist, ANI reported.
“I was not shown any warrant. When nearly eight people picked me up, I told them to let me tie my turban. They did not give me the chance to wear my turban and slippers. I was thrown into the vehicle,” Bagga said. He claimed that his arrest delivered a clear message — “whoever speaks against Arvind Kejriwal would be the biggest terrorist and not spared”
The Delhi Police on Friday registered a case of kidnapping after BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga was arrested by Punjab Police personnel, officials said.
They claimed that the Punjab cops did not inform the local police before arresting Bagga from his residence in Delhi’s Janakpuri. Bagga, who is also national secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, was held in connection with a case registered against him in Mohali last month, the Punjab Police said.
A member of the RSS since his teenage days who also calls himself a Bhagat Singh follower, Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga, the BJP leader who was arrested by the Punjab Police on Friday, first came to the limelight when he attacked Prashant Bhushan over a statement made by the lawyer on Kashmir in October 2011.
Bhushan had called for a referendum on Kashmir, sparking a political fight. “If someone says that Kashmir should be given to Pakistan, then people would do the same with him,” he had earlier told The Indian Express.
On Friday, Bagga, who has been targeting Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal over his comments on ‘The Kashmir Files, was picked up from his West Delhi residence and later arrested in connection with a case registered on April 1 by the Punjab Police’s Cyber Cell for allegedly making “provocative statements, promoting religious enmity, and criminal intimidation”.