Kin of murder bid accused allege false case, protest

Times News Network
Ludhiana: Relatives of Akash Soni Nanna of Hargobind Nagar staged a silent protest outside the office of police commissioner Rakesh Agrawal on Tuesday afternoon, accusing the police of implicating him in a case of attempt to murder. They said police accused him of being an associate of the notorious criminal, Puneet Bains. The family alleged that Nanna was assaulted and admitted in hospital, but police booked him along with other people for an alleged murder bid.
Hitesh Soni, Nanna’s brother and his family members reached the CP office with pictures of Nanna in hospital. They demanded cancellation of the case lodged against him and threatened to commit suicide outside the police station, Division number 3, if the FIR was not cancelled.
Hitesh Soni said he and his brother Akash Soni had gone to attend a wedding on June 3 when a few youngsters thrashed them. He said they escaped from there and reached home. On June 4, he said, the accused reached their house and assaulted Nanna, who he rushed to CMC hospital.
“While we were in hospital, some miscreants assaulted Rajvir, a member of Shubham Mota gang. Division number 3 police lodged an FIR against Nanna in this matter. My brother has undergone five surgeries. The friends who had come to hospital to donate blood for Nanna were later arrested y police in the same murder bid case of Rajvir.”
Commissioner of police Rakesh Agrawal said he had marked an inquiry to assistant commissioner of police (ACP, central) Waryam Singh. A series of clashes took place in division number 3 area, Tibba, Moti Nagar and Division number 7 area between members of Shubham and Puneet gangs.