Chandigarh, SAD president and former MP Simranjit Singh Mann was among the four people booked, while 17 others were arrested following the Qaumi Insaaf Morcha’s call for the march towards the Punjab governor’s residence here, seeking the release of ‘bandi Singhs’ , police said in a statement.
In another FIR, Simranjit Singh Mann and three others were booked. Police claimed he disguised himself as an injured person with bandages on his head. The fourth FIR was registered under various provisions of the BNS and the Arms Act, in which nine people were arrested.
The 17 who people were arrested wre booked under various charges, including violating the orders of the district magistrate, blocking the road and trying to break the police barricades. They were booked under BNS Section 223, which deals with disobedience of a lawful order by a public servant. Police said that the four people, including Mann, were booked under BNS Sections 217 , 223 , 353 , and Section 9 of the Punjab Security of State Act, 1953, which criminalises speeches, or statements that undermine state security, public order, decency, morality, or incite offense.
Simranjit Singh Mann’s son Emaan Singh Man was among the eight people arrested, according to one of the FIRs. A total of four FIRs were registered on Saturday after a complaint by an assistant sub-inspector, Chandigarh police said. The FIRs follow the protest by Qaumi Insaf Morcha at Heera Singh Chowk on Saturday, during which agitators allegedly violated the district magistrate’s orders and obstructed the police from performing their duty.
