Sukhbir Badal urges Punjab Police to stop harassment of Akali workers

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday led the party’s core committee members to the Punjab Director General of Police office in Chandigarh, alleging harassment of Akali workers by the police.

Badal said the action was linked to the investigation into the alleged disappearance of 328 saroops of Sri Guru Granth Sahib, claiming that party workers were being unfairly targeted in the case. He maintained that the Shiromani Akali Dal was seeking clarity from senior police officials on the basis of the ongoing actions.

The Akali Dal leader said the party’s entire leadership would remain at the DGP office until a clear explanation was provided by police authorities. He described the cases registered against Akali workers as politically motivated and an example of vendetta politics.

Badal further stated that if the police action continued, he was prepared to offer his own arrest in protest. The party has repeatedly argued that the issue of missing saroops is a matter of deep religious sensitivity and should be handled transparently and without political bias.

Punjab Police had not issued an immediate response to the allegations at the time of reporting.