‘Volatile’ situation: MHA to send 50 companies of central forces to Punjab
To hold regulation and order in advance of Hola Mohalla in Punjab, in particular after the Ajnala conflict, Union domestic ministry will despatched 50 corporations of the relevant armed police pressure to Punjab. A business enterprise contains round a hundred and twenty protection personnel. The relevant forces will stay in Punjab from March 6 to 16.
Officials stated the Centre will ship 10 corporations of the Central Reserve Police Force, 8 of Rapid Action Force, 12 of Border Security Force, 10 of Indo-Tibetan Border Police and 10 of Sashastra Seema Bal.
The Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab authorities had on February 28 asked the Union ministry to ship a hundred and twenty corporations of relevant forces following conflict of radicals with law enforcement officials in Ajnala on February 23 and in Mohali on February eight.
On February 23, ratings of supporters of radical Sikh organization Waris Punjab De leader Amritpal Singh, armed with spears and swords, had clashed with policemen, injuring some of them, after which laid siege to a police station in Ajnala to call for the discharge of one in all his aides.
On February eight, greater than 30 law enforcement officials have been injured and dozens of police automobiles have been broken after armed protesters, searching for the discharge of Sikh prisoners went on a rampage, smashing automobiles and cornering law enforcement officials, close to the Chandigarh-Mohali border.
“The regulation and order scenario in Punjab is currently unstable due the numerous protests released via way of means of radical companies, farmers and personnel who’re agitating on numerous spiritual, social and financial issues. Some radicals armed with conventional guns have even resorted to violence and clashed with police at Mohali-Chandigarh border on February eight and at police station in Ajnala on February 23,” the requisition letter via way of means of the Punjab domestic branch to the Union domestic ministry read.
The letter similarly stated that foreign-primarily based totally pro-Khalistan terror clothes in affiliation with Pak-primarily based totally terror companies sponsored via way of means of Pak intelligence operatives have currently despatched massive amount of state-of-the-art guns and explosives, together with tiffin bombs, metal field pre-fabricated IEDs, RDX, detonators, timer devises, hand grenades and AK-forty seven rifles from throughout the border to disturb peace in Punjab.
“Hola Mohalla, a mega politico-spiritual occasion goes to start on March three and could keep as much as March 10. As in keeping with dependable inputs, radicals might also additionally attempt to hijack numerous spiritual and political activities all through it to unfold their ideology and radicalise a extra variety of gullible and susceptible youth,” the letter stated.
Due to surcharged environment of the state, other than Rupnagar (district which hosts lakhs of devotees all through Hola Mohalla), many different districts had been labeled as noticeably touchy and are on excessive alert, the letter read.
“In a latest development, ex-CM Parkash Singh Badal and SAD leader Sukhbir Singh Badal had been chargesheeted withinside the police firing incidents at Kotkapura and it’s far predicted that numerous radical companies might also additionally press for his or her arrest. Besides, SAD people might also additionally maintain protests in opposition to the authorities and the police branch to favour their leaders. This might also additionally cause statewide regulation and order problem,” he letter similarly added.
