Cong leader intercepts ‘ration truck' ahead of Ludhiana West bypoll

Time of India

a day ago

Ludhiana: Hours before the polling for Ludhiana West bypoll, ex-councilor Mamta Ashu, wife of Congress candidate Bharat Bhushan Ashu, caught a truck of ration in Sham Nagar. Mamta Ashu claimed that the driver who brought the truck to Sham Nagar stated in front of everyone that Khanna City-1's traffic cop filled the truck with fuel and asked him to deliver it to two places in Sham Nagar.
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On the claims of the Congress party, the city police said they are verifying the details.
Mamta Ashu said she received information from local workers that a truck full of ration reached Sham Nagar to distribute among the voters to bribe them. "We reached the spot and caught the truck. The truck driver, in front of all media persons and on Facebook live, was questioned about where he came from to Sham Nagar. The driver said that neither the truck nor the ration belonged to him.
He added that Khanna City-1 traffic cop filled the truck with fuel and asked him to deliver ration sacks to two locations in Sham Nagar.
Thereafter, we called the police," she added.
Mamta Ashu also claimed that some sacks of ration were unloaded at one house in Sham Nagar. She asked the police to search that house; however, the police did not listen to them. A complaint on the C-vigil app has been made by them against it.
ACP (Civil Lines) Guriqbal Singh, said, "We have seized the truck and further investigation is on."
When asked about the Congress party's claim of the involvement of the Khanna cop, the ACP said, "We are getting it verified."
Incident of ration distribution in Sham Nagar was reported on Tuesday night also. Earlier on Tuesday night, Mamta Ashu and other Congress workers caught a group of people distributing ration in the area. They made the incident live on social media, in which a woman from whose house the ration allegedly was being distributed was arguing with Mamta Ashu.
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The Congress leader said that a formal complaint has been lodged by them with the election commission for the registration of an FIR. They are still waiting for the FIRs to be lodged.
Two FIRs on Congress workers, supporters. Sarabha Nagar police, on the complaint of the returning officer-06 West, lodged an FIR against unidentified Congress workers under sections 132, 221, 351, 3 (5) of the BNS. The complainant said that a complaint was received from the in-charge of a flying squad team (FST).
He alleged that when they were working in the area, some Congress workers obstructed them from performing their duty.
In another case, Haibowal police arrested Raj Kumar of Gopal Nagar for allegedly distributing ration in the area. The police said that Raj Kumar was present outside his house when the police nabbed him with his Maruti Swift car carrying nine ration bags.