Kurukshetra/Chandigarh: Haryana Police have handed over BJP leader Tajinder Bagga to Delhi Police. Delhi Police is now taking him back to Delhi from Kurukshetra. Earlier, Delhi Police had registered a case of kidnapping after BJP leader Tajinder Bagga was arrested by the Punjab Police, officials said. Delhi BJP Chief Adesh Gupta said a complaint has been lodged at the Janakpuri police station in the national capital against Punjab Police personnel for allegedly beating Tajinder Bagga's father.
Meanwhile, massive face off is brewing as sources in Delhi Police say cops who detained Bagga have been stopped from leaving Kurukshetra. A case of kidnapping and abduction has already been registered against them. Rule says no state police force can arrest any person outside their jurisdiction without taking into confidence the police of the jurisdiction where arrest is made. Meanwhile, in another development, Justice Lalit Batra is to hear Punjab's plea in the matter.
Earlier, Bagga's father complained that some people came to the house around 8 am and took away his son, a senior police officer said. The case has been registered at Janakpuri police station, they said. However, vehicles bringing Bagga, who has been highly vocal against Kejriwal on social media, from Delhi to Mohali got held up near Khanpur Kolian village in Haryana's Kurukshetra.
The Punjab Police had arrested Delhi BJP spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga from his residence in the national capital in connection with a case registered against him in Mohali last month. Last month, the Punjab Police booked Bagga on the charges of making provocative statements, promoting enmity and criminal intimidation. The case was registered on a complaint of AAP leader Sunny Ahluwalia, a resident of Mohali. The FIR registered on April 1 referred to Bagga's remarks on March 30, when he was part of a BJP youth wing protest outside the chief minister's residence in Delhi.