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Major Benipal, a whistle- blower in the fake stamp paper scam and the main complainant, was resisting some illegal registries that Akali councilors Karwal and Simrajit Bains often pushed for. It is common knowledge that ruling party councilors are invariably involved in shady land deals. The official reason given by Karwal and his men for the fracas was that Beniwal did not give them preferential treatment! The Akali hoodlums beat up Beniwal who sustained a fracture in his right leg and was badly bruised. He was admitted to Dayanand Medical College and Hospital. He was beaten with sticks and rods, stripped naked, and was even fired at. | Major Benipal, a whistle- blower in the fake stamp paper scam and the main complainant, was resisting some illegal registries that Akali councilors Karwal and Simrajit Bains often pushed for. It is common knowledge that ruling party councilors are invariably involved in shady land deals. The official reason given by Karwal and his men for the fracas was that Beniwal did not give them preferential treatment! The Akali hoodlums beat up Beniwal who sustained a fracture in his right leg and was badly bruised. He was admitted to Dayanand Medical College and Hospital. He was beaten with sticks and rods, stripped naked, and was even fired at. | ||
===Youth Akali Dal Claims=== | |||
Suspecting a foul play in the episode of SAD councillors Simarjit Singh Bains and Kanwaljit Singh Karwal, who have been arrested for assault on Tehsildar G.S. Benipal, the executive committee of the Youth Akali Dal (YAD) has urged the Punjab government to order a judicial probe in this matter. | Suspecting a foul play in the episode of SAD councillors Simarjit Singh Bains and Kanwaljit Singh Karwal, who have been arrested for assault on Tehsildar G.S. Benipal, the executive committee of the Youth Akali Dal (YAD) has urged the Punjab government to order a judicial probe in this matter. | ||
The demand was raised at a meeting of the district executive committee of Youth Akali Dal. The YAD office bearers showed their concern over SAD councillors being “treated like petty criminals.” They said that these councillors were not being provided basic facilities in the police lock up. | The demand was raised at a meeting of the district executive committee of Youth Akali Dal. The YAD office bearers showed their concern over SAD councillors being “treated like petty criminals.” They said that these councillors were not being provided basic facilities in the police lock up. | ||
The YAD members alleged that while in past, the police did not seek a week-long police remand of any other accused in a political case, but in the case of Bains and Karwal, the police had taken seven-day remand of both the councillors. | The YAD members alleged that while in past, the police did not seek a week-long police remand of any other accused in a political case, but in the case of Bains and Karwal, the police had taken seven-day remand of both the councillors. The YAD leaders alleged that in the Benipal case, charges had been framed against Bains and Karwal. They said that even the video footage of various TV channels had shown that Bains and Karwal arrived very late at the spot while Benipal was beaten up by the mob. They claim that it was not the SAD councillors who had thrashed Benipal but it was angry public who had beaten up the Tehsildar due to his alleged high-handed style of functioning and foul language used against a man from scheduled caste community. The YAD leaders said that some people with vested interests were behind the registration of a case against Bains and Karwal. They said that everything could become clear if the state government ordered a judicial inquiry into this episode. | ||
==Stopping Wearing Turban== | |||
Radical Sikh groups of Punjab Monday presented a turban to state revenue official G.S. Benipal, who had stopped wearing one after being assaulted and stripped by youth Akali Dal activists and councillors in June.Representatives of various Sikh bodies like Damdami Taksal, Dal Khalsa and Akal Federation went to Benipal’s home in Kharar town in Punjab, around 10 km from here, Monday, to express support for him. | |||
Bhai Mohkam Singh of Damdami Taksal “It is quite shameful that main accused of the attack are still moving freely. The miscreants had insulted the whole Sikh community and degraded the sanctity of turban by taking away Benipal’s turban with them,”. “He is hurt both physically and emotionally… that is why he has refused to wear a turban till he gets his old one back. We want the Akali Dal government, SGPC (Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee) and Akal Takht to intervene in this matter and to make sure that Benipal gets justice,”.Singh claimed Benipal was in depression as the government was mounting pressure on him to close the case. | |||
Condemning the incident, Congress legislature Sukhpal Singh Khaira said: “It’s a matter of great shame for Punjabis all over the world that a senior Sikh officer has chosen to attend office sans his turban. Benipal was targeted by unscrupulous elements and his decision of not wearing a turban is a strong slap on the face of Akali government. “It is meaningless to take up the issues of French government banning turbans or the US Army not allowing Sikhs to wear their headgear, when we cannot save the turban in our own state,”. | |||
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had condemned the assault on Benipal, saying that the government would not tolerate such acts. However, no action was taken against the accused. | |||
==References== | |||
* [http://www.expressindia.com Express India.com] | |||
* [http://www.thaindian.com/ Theindian.com] | |||
Revision as of 01:24, 18 August 2009
Major Gurinder Singh Benipal, a former army official, was known for his integrity and he had exposed many corrupt deals in the revenue department where he works as a tehsildar. He was allegedly assaulted and stripped by the Akali activists in Ludhiana, since he refused to act on the diktats of various party leaders. Major GS Benipal dared to expose fake stamp papers used by Akali dal to register properties at Ludhiana.
Major Benipal, a whistle- blower in the fake stamp paper scam and the main complainant, was resisting some illegal registries that Akali councilors Karwal and Simrajit Bains often pushed for. It is common knowledge that ruling party councilors are invariably involved in shady land deals. The official reason given by Karwal and his men for the fracas was that Beniwal did not give them preferential treatment! The Akali hoodlums beat up Beniwal who sustained a fracture in his right leg and was badly bruised. He was admitted to Dayanand Medical College and Hospital. He was beaten with sticks and rods, stripped naked, and was even fired at.
Youth Akali Dal Claims
Suspecting a foul play in the episode of SAD councillors Simarjit Singh Bains and Kanwaljit Singh Karwal, who have been arrested for assault on Tehsildar G.S. Benipal, the executive committee of the Youth Akali Dal (YAD) has urged the Punjab government to order a judicial probe in this matter.
The demand was raised at a meeting of the district executive committee of Youth Akali Dal. The YAD office bearers showed their concern over SAD councillors being “treated like petty criminals.” They said that these councillors were not being provided basic facilities in the police lock up.
The YAD members alleged that while in past, the police did not seek a week-long police remand of any other accused in a political case, but in the case of Bains and Karwal, the police had taken seven-day remand of both the councillors. The YAD leaders alleged that in the Benipal case, charges had been framed against Bains and Karwal. They said that even the video footage of various TV channels had shown that Bains and Karwal arrived very late at the spot while Benipal was beaten up by the mob. They claim that it was not the SAD councillors who had thrashed Benipal but it was angry public who had beaten up the Tehsildar due to his alleged high-handed style of functioning and foul language used against a man from scheduled caste community. The YAD leaders said that some people with vested interests were behind the registration of a case against Bains and Karwal. They said that everything could become clear if the state government ordered a judicial inquiry into this episode.
Stopping Wearing Turban
Radical Sikh groups of Punjab Monday presented a turban to state revenue official G.S. Benipal, who had stopped wearing one after being assaulted and stripped by youth Akali Dal activists and councillors in June.Representatives of various Sikh bodies like Damdami Taksal, Dal Khalsa and Akal Federation went to Benipal’s home in Kharar town in Punjab, around 10 km from here, Monday, to express support for him.
Bhai Mohkam Singh of Damdami Taksal “It is quite shameful that main accused of the attack are still moving freely. The miscreants had insulted the whole Sikh community and degraded the sanctity of turban by taking away Benipal’s turban with them,”. “He is hurt both physically and emotionally… that is why he has refused to wear a turban till he gets his old one back. We want the Akali Dal government, SGPC (Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee) and Akal Takht to intervene in this matter and to make sure that Benipal gets justice,”.Singh claimed Benipal was in depression as the government was mounting pressure on him to close the case.
Condemning the incident, Congress legislature Sukhpal Singh Khaira said: “It’s a matter of great shame for Punjabis all over the world that a senior Sikh officer has chosen to attend office sans his turban. Benipal was targeted by unscrupulous elements and his decision of not wearing a turban is a strong slap on the face of Akali government. “It is meaningless to take up the issues of French government banning turbans or the US Army not allowing Sikhs to wear their headgear, when we cannot save the turban in our own state,”.
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had condemned the assault on Benipal, saying that the government would not tolerate such acts. However, no action was taken against the accused.
