The Punjab and Haryana High Court said that Congress MLA Dharam Singh Chhoker should either surrender or be arrested by Wednesday. The made it clear that Chhoker, who is facing a money laundering case, should be behind bars.
The observations were made during the hearing of a plea filed by a Panipat resident, a social activist, who alleged that the agencies have failed to act against Chhoker as despite non bailable warrants issued against him, he was doing electioneering in his constituency.
Chhoker is seeking re-election from the Samalkha constituency in Panipat for the October 5 Haryana Assembly elections.
The bench headed by Justice Sureshwar Thakur on Tuesday verbally observed that Chhoker should either surrender or be arrested by Wednesday.
He is facing a case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on charges of money laundering and other offences.
As per the plea, he has many FIRs registered against him and is also being investigated by the ED.
In one case non-bailable warrants were issued by a Gurugram court against which Chhoker approached the high court but failed to get relief, the plea claims.
"A petition had come up for hearing before division bench. The petitioner stated that he (Chhoker) is facing many cases and Enforcement Directorate action is also going on against him. Non bailable warrants have also been issued against him, but he is openly canvassing for the elections and no action is being taken against him. The court directed that he should surrender by Wednesday or be arrested," Haryana's Advocate General Baldev Raj Mahajan told reporters.
(With PTI inputs)
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