Ludhiana Police on Friday detained a Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) worker of MLA Simarjit Bains, who allegedly tried to burn himself during a protest by party workers outside the office of the Deputy Commissioner.
Police have identified the detained LIP worker as Narinderpal Singh. Some other party workers were also taken into custody by the police while they broke up the protest.
LIP workers were protesting outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office with copies of resumes of over 400 unemployed youths and against the appointment of Congress MLA (Ludhiana North) Rakesh Pandey’s son as Naib Tehsildar.
During the protest, Narinderpal allegedly sprinkled kerosene on himself, which he was carrying with him. But before he could set himself on fire, the heavy police force deployed on the spot reached him and apprehended him.
Later the police took Narinderpal along with other activists to the police station where Narinderpal was asked to change his clothes. “After providing first aid, he was released,” said sub-inspector Kulbir Singh, in-charge of Kochhar Market police outpost.
Narinderpal said he took the step as he was deeply disappointed with the state government’s decision to appoint the son of a Congress MLA as the Naib Tehsildar. “Both my grandfather and father were freedom fighters. Despite the government announcing jobs for the successors of freedom fighters, my son or I have not been given any government jobs,” he claimed.
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