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By Indo Asian News Service, IANS
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) Harvinder Singh, who slapped union
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, was Friday sent to 14 days in
judicial custody by a Patiala House court while supporters of Pawar
demonstrated in the court complex and tried to assault Singh.
Metropolitan Magistrate Jasjeet Kaur passed the order, saying Singh be kept in judicial custody till Dec 9.
Outraged by the assault on their party chief, workers of Pawar's
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) attempted to attack the turbaned Sikh
man as he came out of the courtroom.
Around 30 workers, led by Dinesh Prasad Joshi, who heads the
youth wing of the NCP in Haryana, tried to grab Singh at the gate of the
courtroom.
They were, however, foiled by the escorting police officials,
who made a human chain around Singh and saved from being thrashed, said
Ram Prasad, an eyewitness who came to the court in a case.
Singh immediately was sent to Patiala House court lock-up adjacent to the courtroom.
Unable to hit Singh, Joshi and other NCP workers shouted slogans
in support of Pawar for around 20 minutes outside the courtroom.
The commotion was so loud that the doors of different adjacent
courtrooms, including a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
court where trial in 2G spectrum scam case was going on, were closed for
some time.
The protesters then went outside the court complex and tried to
halt the traffic. However, police within a few minutes dispersed the
agitators.
Justifying the act of attempted assault at Singh, Joshi told
reporters, 'We had to reply to Singh's assault on our leader (Sharad
Pawar) so that next time no one even thinks of doing any such things to
any central leader of such status.'
Pawar was Thursday slapped by Singh, who said he was angry over
rising prices and corruption, at a public function at the New Delhi
Municipal Council centre in the heart of the city. Dressed in a blue
striped T-shirt, the turbaned Sikh also unleashed a small kirpan as
security guards tried to overpower him.
Singh was arrested immediately and later charged with various
offences, including assaulting a public servant, criminal intimidation
and attempt to commit suicide.
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) Harvinder Singh, who slapped union
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, was Friday sent to 14 days in
judicial custody by a Patiala House court while supporters of Pawar
demonstrated in the court complex and tried to assault Singh.
Metropolitan Magistrate Jasjeet Kaur passed the order, saying Singh be kept in judicial custody till Dec 9.
Outraged by the assault on their party chief, workers of Pawar's
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) attempted to attack the turbaned Sikh
man as he came out of the courtroom.
Around 30 workers, led by Dinesh Prasad Joshi, who heads the
youth wing of the NCP in Haryana, tried to grab Singh at the gate of the
courtroom.
They were, however, foiled by the escorting police officials,
who made a human chain around Singh and saved from being thrashed, said
Ram Prasad, an eyewitness who came to the court in a case.
Singh immediately was sent to Patiala House court lock-up adjacent to the courtroom.
Unable to hit Singh, Joshi and other NCP workers shouted slogans
in support of Pawar for around 20 minutes outside the courtroom.
The commotion was so loud that the doors of different adjacent
courtrooms, including a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
court where trial in 2G spectrum scam case was going on, were closed for
some time.
The protesters then went outside the court complex and tried to
halt the traffic. However, police within a few minutes dispersed the
agitators.
Justifying the act of attempted assault at Singh, Joshi told
reporters, 'We had to reply to Singh's assault on our leader (Sharad
Pawar) so that next time no one even thinks of doing any such things to
any central leader of such status.'
Pawar was Thursday slapped by Singh, who said he was angry over
rising prices and corruption, at a public function at the New Delhi
Municipal Council centre in the heart of the city. Dressed in a blue
striped T-shirt, the turbaned Sikh also unleashed a small kirpan as
security guards tried to overpower him.
Singh was arrested immediately and later charged with various
offences, including assaulting a public servant, criminal intimidation
and attempt to commit suicide.