Malerkotla Quran desecration: Day after violence, Congress, SAD trade charges

On Sunday, Farzana Alam’s husband Izhar Alam, who is former DGP Prisons Punjab, targeted Razia Sultana and alleged the desecration incident to be a conspiracy.

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“It is Razia Sultana who has given this feedback that a few people came to meet me and my MLA wife at our residence and they were not allowed to go inside. Even PPCC chief has given a similar statement, which needs to be condemned.”

Alam added, “We have always met people but those carrying rods, sticks, stones, petrol bombs and even weapons cannot be allowed. Everything was pre-planned, right from the desecration to the attack at my house, and all happened at the behest of our political rivals. I will make all efforts to get the culprits punished.”

He added: “The torn pages of the holy book were found at about 9.30 p.m. After about two hours, the mob was outside my gates with weapons and petrol bombs. It shows everything was planned, as all this cannot be arranged in such a short time.”

Razia Sultana reacted sharply to the charges. “This shows his (Izhar Alam’s) sick mentality. Let him say whatever he wants to. We have been political rivals since long and everyone knows about it. But doing politics over such a sensitive issue shows the vested interests of Shiromani Akali Dal in general and Izhar Aalm in particular.”

She added,”I am deeply disturbed over the incidents of torn pages of the holy book followed by violence. Let police do its job to find out the culprits. The government is theirs (SAD’s) and so is the police. Why should they fear anything. I have also spoken to the DGP and asked him to expedite the investigation.”

SSP, Sangrur, Pritipal Singh Thind said, “We are scanning the CCTV footage and are in the process of identifying those involved in the violence.”