Security of six leaders belonging to rightwing outfits was scaled down over their alleged participation in wake of last Friday’s communal clashes, police said on Thursday.
Eight out of 12 gunmen, provided to Inderjit Karwal, Gurdip Saini, Rajesh Palta, Munish Sood, Vipin Kumar and Shiv Batta were withdrawn on Wednesday, they said.
The security cover of these leaders was stripped after prominent citizens, who took part in Tuesday’s all-party ‘Sadbhavna’ committee meeting here alleged that leaders of the said community were misusing their gunmen.
The meeting was chaired by local MLA and Chief Parliament Secretary Som Parkash. It was also attended by Kapurthala Deputy Commissioner Jaskiran Singh and SSP Rajinder Singh, besides other prominent citizens.
District administration reviewed the security cover provided to the leaders of the community, following which it was downsized, the police said, adding, the security of other leaders is also being reviewed.
Meanwhile, an uneasy calm prevailed in town with heavy deployment of the police and the Rapid Action Force still in place after the violent clashes that had left a dozen persons injured in stone-pelting, brick-batting and throwing of empty bottles.
DSP Kanwalpreet Singh Chahal was suspended while SP Ajinder Singh was transferred for their mishandling of situation on Friday. PTI
