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Pb Police team dispatched Delhi to arrest AAP MLA Naresh Yadav

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Press Trust of India Chandigarh
Last Updated : Jul 24 2016 | 8:57 PM IST
A team of Punjab Police was dispatched to Delhi today to arrest AAP MLA Naresh Yadav who has been booked in connection with the alleged Malerkotla sacrilege incident on June 24.
"A team of police has been sent to Delhi to arrest the AAP MLA," Punjab Police, IG (Patiala Zone), Paramraj Singh Umra Nangal said.
Yadav was booked under relevant sections of the IPC after one of the accused, Vijay Kumar, arrested in connection with the incident, claimed he had done it at the behest of the AAP MLA.
The Punjab police has already questioned the AAP MLA twice in connection with the incident.
The MLA was booked under various sections of IPC including 109 (punishment for abatement if the act abetted is committed in consequence and where no express provision is made for its punishment), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth etc and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony), 295 injury or defiling place of worship with an intent to insult the religion of any class).
Police had claimed Vijay had even met the MLA before the incident and calls were also exchanged between them.

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Meanwhile, in-charge of Aam Aadmi Party Punjab and the party's national spokesman Sanjay Singh said that the business community is the back-bone of the state's economy and if voted to power AAP would provide business-friendly atmosphere in the state.
"Without the participation of business community, Punjab cannot progress as they contribute a lot for the overall development of the state through paying taxes to run welfare schemes for poor. Previous governments of Congress and SAD-BJP always ignored the interests of business community and rather looted them to make it difficult to run their businesses," he alleged.
Once AAP is voted to power, social security of the business community would be ensured and to give prompt clearance to new businesses, a single-window system would be launch to cut red-tape and 'Inspector Raj', he said.
Singh said in Delhi, the Kejriwal government has reduced the Value Added Tax (VAT) from 12.5 to 5 per cent on several items.
"In spite of the steep reduction of VAT, revenue collection of the state was not adversely affected as people happily paid their due cases," he said adding that on the same pattern, VAT in Punjab would also be reduced.
"Efforts would be made to revive the sick industry and bring back the industrial units, which were shifted from Punjab by extending them the deserving support," he said.

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First Published: Jul 24 2016 | 8:57 PM IST

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