Punjab SHO arrested for obstructing govt officers from performing duty

Jalandhar, May 11
Mehatpur SHO Parminder Singh Bajwa, who had lodged an FIR against Shahkot Congress candidate Hardev Singh Ladi Sherowalia a few days back, was on Friday arrested for obstructing government officers from performing their duty.

He was arrested under Sections 353 and 186 of the IPC on the complaint of the court security staff on charges of causing obstruction in their duty.
The SHO had gone to the court for a hearing on a case and had sought security for himself.
The SHO was detained from the court premises by the police. He went to the court room, taking along his personal revolver, which was taken away by the court security staff.
Speaking with the media, just before he was ducked inside the police vehicle from outside the court, he alleged threat to him “from police and the administration”.
The SHO had on Monday said that he would not sign the case cancellation report of the FIR against the MLA with the ilaqa magistrate.
Claiming that he was to join on Monday, but had been forcibly sent on a five-day leave, he said even if some officiating SHO cancelled the FIR on his behalf, he would take up the matter in the High Court.
He said he wanted to build up a case and even wanted to approach the Election Commission of India, but his seniors kept him on radar and didn’t let him go.
Bajwa said: “I had been marked the EC complaint after which I called up everyone, including the SSP, mining officers and even tehsildar asking them how to go about it but no one responded.”
Asked about the urgency to lodge the report at 4:26 am, he replied: “Is there any law which says you cannot file an FIR early morning? There were so many complaints against him and even the sting video. I followed my conscience. Had I not filed it then, no one would have let me do it later.”
“SSP Gurpreet Bhullar called me up and bashed me saying that the CM was extremely annoyed with him and his promotion would now be stuck. He then took me to his place and made me withdraw my resignation,” he alleged.
“I know that I will not be allowed to stay in the police force once the election code is lifted. But I am prepared for it. I own 46 acres of land and huge property in Kapurthala,” he said.
On the video clip over his entry into a city-based hotelwith a “woman” hours before lodging the FIR, he said: “He was my Nepali cook.”
Meanwhile, Hardeep Singh has been posted as the new SHO of Mehatpur police station by the state election commission.