Punjab: Gau Raksha Dal chief booked

Patiala: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking the state governments to act against ‘fake’ cow protectors, Punjab police has booked Gau Raksha Dal Chief Satish Kumar for allegedly targeting people on pretext of cow protection.

The FIR was lodged on the basis of a video clip which appeared on social media, showing Gau Raksha Dal members brutally thrashing people, SSP Gurmeet Chauhan today said.

A case under sections 382 (having made preparation for causing death), 384 (committing extortion), 341 (wrongfully restraining any person), including sections 148 and 149 of the IPC was registered, police said.

Kumar is yet to be arrested, they added.

PTI