Amarinder Singh to go by his minister's word

LUDHIANA: It seems chief minister Amarinder Singh is all set to woo his ministers going by what he said at function organised by industrialists here on Sunday. It appears that for him a minister''s word is enough.
He told TNN: "If any police officer is rude to any of my ministers, I will suspend him."
This happened in case of Ludhiana SHO Sandeep Wadhera recently."If it were to happen again, I will do it again," the chief minister made it very clear.
Asked if the matter had been proven through an inquiry, he said, "I don''t have to wait for an inquiry report before suspending an officer. The fact that Malkiat Singh Birmi, minister for prisons and urban development, has complained against the officer is sufficient."
On the other hand, the magisterial inquiry against SHO Sandeep Wadhera by M Jaggi, general assistance to the deputy commissioner, has failed to conclude anything after weeks of investigation.
It was learnt that last statement was recorded 10 days back.
However, even during the investigations, Birmi''s son Hardeep Singh alias Deepu, threatened Wadhera in the presence of the investigation officer.
TNN has documents including a written complaint by Wadhera submitted in the GA''s office stating that Hardeep Singh during the investigations had said to him, "Teri ta phatti poonjh deya gey" (We will wipe you clean). The above statement dated October 17, 2003 signed by both Wadhera and M S Jaggi as witness.
Another statement also sheds some light on the episode.
Simarpal Singh, one of complainants, who was riding the motorcycle on the day of the incident has signed a statement that he and his friend Jaspreet Singh were trying to evade the police while going to Sarabhanagar market as "he was not wearing helmet," but they did run into them and had an altercation with the policemen.
Simarpal states that they have realised that "they have misbehaved" and are "aware of their fault". Also, that they are students and should be allowed to go free.
The statement is signed by both complainants, the councillor, K L Chabbra, and his son, Vivek Chabra, who had intervened at the site of the incident.
It could not be learnt as to why the incident was later pursued by Birmi, whose son Hardeep is a friend of Vivek Chabra.