A Howrah court on Monday 19th October granted bail to Balwinder Singh, who was arrested during BJP’s Nabanna Aviyan on October 8.
He is released
on a personal bond of Rs 2,500.
Balwinder Singh
working as private security officer of a BJP leader, was arrested for carrying
a firearm during the agitation where Howrah police had clamped Section 144.
Things started
looking up after Blwinder Singh’s wife Karamjit Kaur ,Manjinder Singh
Sirsa,President DSGMC and Prominent members of the Sikh community in Kolkata and
Delhi had a meeting with the Director General of police at Bhabani Bhawan on
Saturday17th October, during which the police assured the family of an early
solution. The meeting was organized at the behest of Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee.
Video clippings
of Singh’s arrest during the demonstration and the turban going off his head
while police dragged him away went viral on social media, sparking a strong
reaction from a large section of the Sikh community, who said police showed
“disrespect” to their religion by “taking off” Balwinder Singh’s turban.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/howrah-court-grants-bail-to-balwinder/articleshow/
Dr. Gurdeep Kaur
Associate Professor
Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College
University of Delhi
