Following the apprehension of Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh, Mehtab Singh, the son of Khaira, claimed on Thursday that such consequences transpire when an individual voices dissent against the government.
In an early morning operation that took place on Thursday, a Punjab Police squad arrived at Khaira’s residence and carried out a search related to a previous case filed in 2015 under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in Jalalabad, Fazilka.
“Sukhpal Singh exposed the drunk face of Bhagwant Mann and his party. He always stood by the families of those who died of a drug overdose in Punjab…this is what happens when somebody speaks against the government. This is the second arrest of my father in 5 years. This is the after-effect of speaking the truth,” Mehtab Singh said.
“In 2015 an FIR was used for this arrest, on that FIR, the court summoned us and we challenged that order in the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court quashed that order,” he added.
“The law is equal for everyone, so first we will post remand and we will go to regular bail and then High Court. We will fight. If they think that filing the case will scare us no, they are wrong as they don’t know Sukhpal Khaira,” he further added.