Punjab Court Directs Janta Party Chief's Arrest In Forged Signature Case, Seeks Explanation From Chandigarh SHO For Obstructing Arrest
A Punjab court has directed the arrest of the Janta Party Chief in connection with a case involving the alleged forgery of MLAs' signatures to file a nomination. The court has also sought an explanation from the Station House Officer (SHO) of Chandigarh for allegedly obstructing the execution of the arrest.
Punjab Police on Monday reportedly registered multiple FIRs after several Aam Aadmi Party MLAs alleged that their signatures were forged on nomination papers submitted by Navneet Chaturvedi, who claims to be the national president of the Janata Party, for the upcoming Rajya Sabha bypoll.
CJM Rupnagar Sukhwinder Singh said, "SSP, Chandigarh and SHO Police Station Sector 3 Chandigarh are directed to ensure the due execution of the warrant of arrest of accused Navneet Chaturved issued by the Court of undersigned."
Further the Court directed that, "SHO Inspector Narinder Patiyal of Police Station Sector 03 Chandigarh is directed to furnish his explanation that under which provision of law he has kept the accused in his custody since yesterday's evening and not allowed the Rupnagar police to execute the warrant of arrest. He is further directed to submit his explanation duly countersigned by the SSP, Chandigarh within four days from the date of this order, failing which suitable action would be recommended against him as per law."
The plea was filed in the Rupnagar Court under Section 80 BNSS for directing the SSP Chandigarh and SHO PS Sector-3 Chandigarh as well as the Senior Superintendent of Police, Chandigarh to endorse and execute the warrant of arrest issued by the Court against Chaturvedi.
In another order, the Ropar Court allowed the application to preserve the CCTV footage of Police Station in Sector-3 Chandigarh and the concerned Service Provider were directed to preserve and produce before the Court the complete CCTV footage from the premises of Sector-3 Chandigarh Police Station.
Today, the Punjab Government alleged before the Punjab and Haryana High Court that Chandigarh Police is shielding Janta Party Chief Navneet Chaturvedi, who is accused of forging the signatures of several Punjab MLAs to file a Rajya Sabha nomination. The notice was issued in the same.