A sedition case was filed against Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu in a Bihar Court on for ‘insulting India Army’ after he hugged Pakistan’s Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa at the swearing-in ceremony of Imran Khan as Pakistan’s prime minister.
Lawyer Sudhir Kumar Ojha filed the case in Muzaffarpur’s Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court, alleging that Sidhu insulted the families of Indian soldiers killed by Pakistan’s army and terrorists sponsored by the country by hugging General Bajwa and sitting next to Pakistan Occupied Kashmir’s president Masood Khan on Saturday.
Ojha said he has filed the case under Indian Penal Case sections involving sedition. In his complaint, he said Sidhu’s gesture hurt the people of the country.
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“I have urged the court to book Sidhu under IPC sections 124 A, 153 B and 504 for hurting the nation’s sentiments and order for his arrest,” said Ojha he said, adding that “The court has admitted the case and will hear it next week.”
Sidhu, the cricketer-turned-politician has been under attack by his boss Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh as well as the BJP and Akali Dal leaders for hugging the Pakistan Army Chief.
