Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur has ordered an investigation after flags of ‘Khalistan’ had been discovered draped over the gates and boundary wall of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Meeting in Dharamshala this morning. Professional-Khalistan graffiti was additionally painted the partitions. The state police stated they believe the involvement of vacationers from Punjab.
The state, Chief Minister Thakur stated, will evaluate the safety alongside the borders with neighbouring states — Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, and Punjab. Himachal Pradesh attracts vacationers from throughout India.
“It might need occurred late at night time or early morning at the moment,” Khushal Sharma, the police chief of Kangra area, was quoted as saying by information company ANI.
“Now we have eliminated the Khalistan flags from the Vidhan Sabha gate. It might be an act of some vacationers from Punjab. We’re going to register a case at the moment,” Sharma stated.
An intelligence alert issued on April 26 had warned of such an incident, sources stated.
The alert claimed that the chief of Sikhs for Justice, Gurupatwant Singh Pannu, had issued a letter to the Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister stating {that a} flag of Bhindranwale and Khalistan could be hoisted in Shimla, sources stated.
Himachal Pradesh had banned automobiles carrying Bhindranwale and Khalsitani flags, which agitated the SFJ. The organisation had introduced that it will hoist the Khalistani flag on March 29 however couldn’t achieve this as a result of heavy safety.
“I condemn the cowardly incident of elevating Khalistan flags on the gate of Dharamshala Meeting Complicated at the hours of darkness of night time. Solely winter session is held right here, so there’s a want for extra safety preparations solely throughout that point,” Chief Minister Thakur tweeted in Hindi this morning.
“Profiting from this, this cowardly incident has been carried out, however we is not going to tolerate it. This incident will probably be investigated instantly and strict motion will probably be taken towards the culprits. I wish to inform these those who if in case you have the braveness, then come out within the gentle of day, not at the hours of darkness of night time,” a second tweet learn.
Thakur stated the culprits took benefit of the police deployment contained in the Meeting campus.
“It’s being stated that the incident passed off at night time. The police are deployed within the inside of the Vidhan Sabha campus since it is vitally massive. So the poster was put up on the wall and the principle gate of the Meeting. The CCTV footage is being probed to get a clue in regards to the culprits,” he was quoted as saying by information company ANI.
