Tajinder Bagga had earlier accused Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal of settling scores with him.
Highlights
- BJP leader Tajinder Bagga was arrested by Punjab Police on Friday
- Delhi Police eventually got custody of Bagga in a dramatic late-evening rescue
- A fresh warrant has been issued against Bagga by a Mohali court
New warrant against Tajinder Bagga: A Mohali court issued a fresh warrant against BJP leader Tajinder Bagga on Saturday evening. The Punjab Police has been asked to arrest and produce Bagga before the court.
The Punjab government on Saturday moved two applications in the Punjab and Haryana High Court, seeking the Centre to be made a party to BJP spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga's arrest case. The development comes one day after the HC on Friday turned down the Punjab government's request not to give BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga's custody to the Delhi Police and keep him in Haryana.
"It has now been proven that they just want to book Tajinder Bagga in some case or the other... Delhi Police is present here in Janakpuri, they will be with us in all legal actions and we will cooperate with them," Preetpal Singh Bagga, father of Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga.
The Delhi Police on Friday registered a case of kidnapping after BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga was arrested by Punjab Police personnel, officials said. They claimed that the Punjab Police team did not inform the local police before arresting Tajinder Bagga from his residence in Delhi's Janakpuri.
Tajinder Bagga, who is also the national secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, was held in connection with a case registered against him in Mohali last month, the Punjab Police said.
The BJP leader had earlier accused Delhi Chief Minister of misusing Punjab Police for settling scores with him. Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga was arrested by Punjab Police personnel on Friday from his Delhi residence.
Earlier in the day, the BJP staged a protest outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence and called him "a dictator". Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta also alleged that with Bagga's arrest, it was clear that the Aam Aadmi Party's national convener had "misused" the Punjab Police for personal benefit. "Kejriwal is a dictator. What was Bagga's crime? He just asked for Kejriwal's clarification on his remarks on '(The) Kashmir Files'. He was not allowed to wear a turban during the arrest," Gupta said, adding that the BJP will "not tolerate the insult to the turban".
In what was no less than a plot from a Bollywood film, the way BJP leader was first picked up from his Delhi residence by Punjab police and was being taken to Mohali, only to be stopped by the Haryana Police in Kurukshetra and handed back over to Delhi Police.
In an exclusive interview with India TV, Tajinder Bagga said, "I was not shown any warrant. When nearly eight people picked me up, I told them to let me tie my turban. They did not give me the chance to wear the turban and slippers. I was thrown into the vehicle. I was kidnapped by the Punjab police. The local police were also not informed. Nearly 50 policemen came as they do it with a terrorist."
