Police in Dehradun have registered an FIR in opposition to activist Bobby Panwar and two of his associates based mostly on a grievance that they allegedly threatened and misbehaved with Uttarakhand Power Secretary R Meenakshi Sundaram. Panwar has denied the allegations.
In a grievance to Dehradun SSP Ajay Singh, Senior Private Secretary (Division of Power) Kapil Kumar stated that on Wednesday night, Bobby Panwar got here to fulfill Meenakshi Sundaram on the Uttarakhand Secretariat.
“When the stated particular person was referred to as to the Secretary’s room for a gathering, he behaved very badly in entrance of the Secretary and abused, intimidated and threatened to kill the Secretary. Throughout this, the Secretary referred to as us (Kapil Kumar, Senior Non-public Secretary and Anoop Dangwal, Extra Non-public Secretary) and instructed us to ship him out. However the stated particular person pushed, manhandled and beat us in entrance of the Secretary and obstructed authorities work,” the grievance stated.
The grievance additionally alleged that the accused threatened them by saying, “Dekh lenge (will see you) exterior the Secretariat, resulting from which we worry lack of life and property. If in future something untoward occurs to the Secretary or us, the stated particular person named Bobby Panwar will likely be fully answerable for it.”
The FIR was registered underneath Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita sections 115(2) (voluntarily inflicting damage), 352 (intentional insult with intent to impress breach of peace), 351(3) (legal intimidation), 121(1) (voluntarily inflicting damage or grievous damage to discourage public servant from responsibility), 132 (assault or legal drive to discourage public servant from discharge of responsibility), 221 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public features) after instructions issued by Extra DGP (Regulation and Order) AP Anshuman to Dehradun SSP to take authorized motion within the case.
Denying the allegations raised within the grievance, Bobby Panwar stated, “I went to fulfill Meenakshi Sundaram asking a couple of demand for investigation in opposition to the Power Division MD that I had submitted a month in the past. I requested him to inform me the event within the case, to which he stated he doesn’t have any info. I requested him to supply me with the letter for that officer’s service extension. He stated he can not give it to only anybody. We then had a heated argument. The opposite allegations are false.”
In October, MD, Uttrakhand Energy Company Ltd (UPCL), Anil Yadav, was given a two-year extension. The extension got here amid allegations made by many, together with Suraj Seva Dal state president Ramesh Joshi, of corruption within the division.
Within the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Bobby Panwar (26), president of Uttarakhand Berozgar Sangh, contested from the Tehri seat as an Impartial candidate and registered over 1.6 lakh votes, springing a giant shock together with his efficiency.
BJP’s Mala Raj Lakshmi Shah gained the Tehri seat, securing 4.62 lakh votes, and Congress’s Jot Singh Gunsola, who bought 1.90 lakh votes, got here in second. Panwar got here in third.
The Uttarakhand IAS Affiliation has strongly condemned Wednesday’s incident.
“The IAS Affiliation calls for strict motion in opposition to these concerned on this incident to stop such incidents in future. We stand in solidarity with Sundaram and his workplace workers and attraction to the Authorities and legislation enforcement businesses to make sure the protection and dignity of all public servants in order that they’ll carry out their duties with none worry,” the affiliation stated in an announcement.
