Showing posts with label Balwinder Singh#Sikhs Victory#Manjinder Singh Sirsa#. Show all posts
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Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Balwinder Singh Is Released And Has United With His Family


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