Reassess threat perception to Majithia: HC to Punjab Police
Chandigarh, May 3 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has asked the Punjab Police to carry out a fresh assessment of threat perception to SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia, whose security was curtailed in March.
The HC bench of justice Kuldeep Tiwari passed the order after it found that a report submitted by the Centre, prepared by the intelligence bureau, is "at variance" with the decision taken by the Punjab police. The reports have not been made public. The court while fixing the matter for further hearing on May 12 directed the Punjab Police to carry out a fresh assessment in the light of the IB report, one of the counsels, Arshdeep Kler said after the hearing. A detailed order is awaited.
Majithia had moved HC on April 24 seeking restoration of Z+ security cover. He had demanded that the March 29 order of the government be quashed and his security cover be restored.
He had claimed that he has been on the target of extremist elements, including radical organisations and gangsters. The SAD leader had termed the decision a "political one". HTC...
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