Punjab Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu Thursday released a CCTV footage, showing the police action on anti-sacrilege protesters at Kotkapura in 2015.
He also released statement of Dr Kulwinderpal Singh who was allegedly asked by police officers to reach the Kotkapura hospital on October 14, 2015 for any "eventuality which might arise" because of 'dharna' by the protesters.
Holding former chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and former deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal responsible for firing at Kotkapura, Sidhu said both of them should be booked as there was "prima facie evidence" in the Justice (Retd) Ranjit Singh Commission's report, which probed sacrilege incidents, to proceed against them.
Notably, the commission, whose report was tabled in the House last month, had held the police responsible for using force at the protesters in Kotkapura, while describing it as "unprovoked, unwarranted and uncalled."
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