Amarinder speaks to Rajasthan CM over assault on 4 Sikh men

May 27, 2017 16:45

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today spoke to his Rajasthan counterpart Vasundhara Raje and sought her intervention to ensure a probe into the alleged assault on four Sikh men by a crowd in Ajmer in April.

Describing the incident as "unfortunate", he told reporters that the Rajasthan government needed to fix culpability and ensure that the culprits were punished.

A video, purportedly shot on April 24, surfaced a couple of days back showing a crowd dragging four Sikh men out of a vehicle and thrashing them at Chainpura in Ajmer district. The Sikh men were reportedly 'sewadars' (volunteers) from a gurdwara at Alwar in Rajasthan, who were collecting donations.

The residents of Chainpura had alleged that the four men had molested their women. The police had taken them into custody but released them later saying they were not involved in any molestation.

The Sikh men were reportedly asked by the police to file a cross FIR against those who had assaulted them but they refused to do so.

Singh expressed concern over media reports that there were "efforts" to give the incident a "communal" hue.

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