New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga reached his residence in Delhi on the intervening nights of Friday and Saturday after he was detained by Punjab Police in the national capital yesterday. While talking to the media persons outside his residence, Bagga expressed his gratitude to the Haryana and Delhi police and BJP workers for supporting him. Meanwhile, the BJP leader's arrest case will be heard in court today.
"Those who believe they can do anything with the help of Police, I want to tell them a BJP worker will not be scared of anyone. I thank Haryana and Delhi Police and all BJP workers for supporting me. Delhi Police has filed FIR & people concerned will be punished," Bagga told the media persons. He even termed his detention by the Punjab police as "illegal" and said that he will keep fighting until Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal apologised for his comments on Kashmiri Pandits.
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He was produced before the Duty Magistrate Tripathi in pursuance of a search warrant issued by the Metropolitan Magistrate Nitika Kapoor of Dwarka court on Friday. Advocates YP Singh and Sanket Gupta, who appeared for Bagga, informed the media that the Duty Magistrate has directed the Delhi Police to provide security to Tejinder and his family. He had expressed an apprehension that such incidents may happen to him again. His statement would be recorded before the Magistrate concerned on Monday.
Bagga was arrested by Punjab Police earlier today from Delhi. On their way to Mohali, the team was stopped by Haryana cops after the Delhi Police registered a kidnapping case based on a complaint by Bagga's father. Haryana Police surrounded the Punjab Police car carrying Bagga and escorted them off the highway to a police station in Kurukshetra. The Punjab cops were detained. At the same time, the Punjab and Haryana High Court turned down AAP-ruled Punjab's demand that Bagga remains in Haryana instead of being handed over to Delhi cops.
Haryana Police acted on a request from the Delhi Police which rushed to a court for a search warrant based on the kidnapping complaint. With the search warrant in hand, a team of Delhi police reached Kurukshetra and "rescued" Bagga and brought him back to the national capital.
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with Agency inputs
