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Five arrested in Punjab for putting up Khalistan posters
Tuesday January 01, 2013 11:55:49 AM,
IANS
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Chandigarh: Five
people were arrested for pasting pro-Khalistan posters in Mansa
district in south-west Punjab, a senior police officer said.
Mansa district police chief Narinder Bhargav said that the
posters, containing seditious material spreading hatred among
religious communities, were noticed in the towns of Bhikhi, and
Budladha and nearby villages in the early hours of Monday,
creating panic amongst the common people.
"Taking the issue very seriously, a special team was constituted
and two cases under sections concerned of the Indian Penal Code
IPC were registered at Bhikhi and Budhlada city police stations,"
he said.
Bhargav said that at the bottom of these posters, an email "mautdeparwane"
was also mentioned. He said that after thorough investigation,
five people - Sukhcharan Singh, Deepa, Joney, Manjit and Harpreet
Singh - were arrested.
He said that these five people used to meet at a religious place
in Cheema Mandi of district Sangrur to plan their activities.
"During preliminary investigation, they disclosed that they were
planning to initiate unlawful and disruptive activities in the
region. Sections of the Prevention of Unlawful Activities Act has
also been added in the FIRs and thorough investigation was going
on," he added.
Punjab had witnessed a prolonged phase of terrorism between 1981
and 1992 with separatist elements seeking a separate Sikh
homeland, Khalistan - the land of the pure. The period left over
25,000 people dead.
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