UDHAMPUR: Expressing strong indignation over the reign of terror let loose by the BJP goons working under the tutelage of local BJP MLA in Ramnagar, Harsh Dev Singh Chairman JKNPP and Former Minister and Balwant Singh Mankotia, State President alongwith hundreds of Panthers Party workers staged a protest outside SSP Office Udhampur and expressed their grave concern over deteriorating law and order in Ramnagar with BJP goons and criminals openly assaulting intimidating and threatening innocent people. The two leaders flanked by Bishan Dass and Sandeep Singh who were brutally assaulted recently sought immediate arrest of the culprits including the conspirators and stringent action against them under law at the earliest.
While addressing media, Harsh sought an enquiry into the criminal antecedents of MLA Ramnagar and recruitment of certain notorious elements and criminals by him into his party fold so as to hurt, harass and intimidate the innocent people of the constituency. He said that several innocent people who were victimized by criminal elements had stated that the attackers were the cronies of MLA who had themselves confessed to be MLAs men. He said that the last 20 months had witnessed enhanced crime rate in Ramnagar with several murders left unproved due to political pressures. He said the local police had been influenced and the criminals and suspected murderers allowed immunity due to their political clout. Alleging that law and order in Ramnagar had become hostage to the whims of local MLA, he sought appropriate legal action against the said MLA and his cronies in the light of complaints filed by the victims of various assaults.
Balwant Singh Mankotia disclosed that there were at least 7 murders / unexplained deaths of Dalits in Ramnagar during the last 20 months but unfortunately the culprits had been moving scot free despite specific complaints due to political patronage enjoyed by them. He said that corruption and criminalization of politics by the BJP goons had become rampant in Ramnagar amid the atmosphere of terror adding to the woes of people. He revealed that recently the BJP goons had assaulted two youth of Ramnagar namely Bishan Dass in a temple and Sandeep Singh inside the Police Station in full view of the police constables and others. He sought immediate arrest of the culprits including the conspirators under law so that the people were liberated from ‘goonda raj’ and the atrocities being perpetrated upon them.
Bishan Dass while speaking to the media said that he was attacked in Temple only for the reason that he belonged to SC community.
He divulged that on 2nd Oct morning he had gone to Shitla Mata Mandir in Balot Rasli Thakrai where he was assaulted by seven persons with stones, blows and lathis without any reason. He alleged that three of the attackers threatened to eliminate him saying that they were sons of BJP Tehsil President Basantgarh namely Shivcharan and nobody dare touch them.