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Chandigarh / New Delhi, May 5: Congress Deputy Leader Capt Amarinder Singh today moved an adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha seeking discussion on the collapse of law and order situation in Punjab in the backdrop of recent incident of molestation and pushing down of a Dalit girl from a running Orbit bus owned by the Badals, that led to her death.
Making a strong point in the Lok Sabha during the Zero Hour, Capt Amarinder asserted that Punjab was a fit case for the President’s rule as the law and order had collapsed and it was only the “Badal Parivar ki Beopar Sarkar” there.
He listed several instances, at least ten, involving the buses of Orbit Aviation owned by the ruling Badal family and all the culprits going scot-free. He said, the Moga incident where a Dalit girl was molested and pushed off from an Orbit bus was the culmination of all these incidents. He said, Badals owning the Orbit Aviations, which operates a fleet of about 500 buses, half of them illegally, was a clear case of conflict interest.
Giving the breakup of the incidents involving the Orbit buses, he said, in April 2011 a motorcycle borne youth was killed after being hit by bus of Orbit Transport (Now Orbit Aviations) company in Sangrur. No action has been taken till date, he said.
He said, In May 2012, a young man of 26 years of age was mowed down at Sanhera village of Barnala by the bus of Orbit transport company and no action has been taken by the police.
In another incident, he disclosed that on Feb 16 2014 an Orbit bus killed 2 people near Harigarh village Patiala and still no action has been taken.
On March 30, 2014: Orbit transport company bus crushed a scooterist and petrol pump owner Rakesh Kumar to death in Barnala and again no action was taken.
In yet another incident in May 16 2014, Ashutosh Singh S/o AIG prisons J.P. Singh was crushed under an Orbit bus in Ludhiana. Action was initiated only after 10days of protest by the people but no arrests were made.
On April 29 2015 the staff of Orbit bus company molested a teenaged Dalit girl Arshdeep Kaur and pushed her, her mother and her brother off the speeding bus killing the girl on the spot and critically injuring the mother and the brother.
And shockingly after this incident, Capt Amarinder disclosed, police protection was provided by the government not to the people but to the 400 buses of the Orbit company of the C.M.
Prominent young businessman Gikky Sekhon aged about 30 years was shot dead by a nephew of prominent Akali Dal leader Sarabjit Singh Makkar, an-Ex MLA.
Jaswinder Singh operator of Fastway cable network committed suicide in front of senior Judiciary blaming Sarabjit Singh Raju partner of Fastway cables of abetment to suicide, he added.
In Amritsar an Assistant Sub Inspector of Police, Ravinderpal Singh was shot dead by Youth Akali Dal leader after he tried to save his daughter from molestation by the said leader.
Even the BJP Minister Anil Joshi’s younger brother was severely beaten up Akali Dal workers in front of the Police.
In yet another incident, he added, Harinder Singh (age 25) and Jatinder Singh (age 24), 2 Dalit brothers shot dead in Jamalpur area in Ludhiana on Sept 27, 2014 by husband of Akali Dal Sarpanch in the presence of Police.
Harjit Singh, 17 year old hanged himself to the death after being tortured by the police on the behest of Akali Dal leaders, he said.
An Assistant Inspector General of Police S S Mand was severely beaten up and his legs fractured by Youth Akali Dal leader Sunny Johar.
BKU leader Sadhu Singh Takhtupura murdered in Amritsar in Police Lathicharge after he was leading a protest of farmers.
Youth Akali Dal Khanna President Yadwinder Singh Yaddu shot dead a person in broad day light in an altercation.
Shruti, a young girl abducted by son of Akali Dal councillor in Faridkot district.
Capt Amarinder said, history is replete with examples of how owners of companies where the staff indulges in unlawful activities where held responsible. For example: A) Bhopal gas tragedy, B) Uphaar Cinema Fire, C) Uber Taxi company.
Such is the situation in Punjab now that the alliance partner BJP is telling its senior leadership in Delhi that enough is enough “lets break alliance with Akali Dal”.
Most of the Akali Minsters are involved and are being investigated in serious crime including drugs, he added.
