In his letter to Police Commissioner Alok Verma, the Chief Minister said some people from Punjab recently came to meet him and told that their sentiments got hurt by the photo of him being portrayed as sword wielding Nihang on the cover page of a publication.
"The publication has hurt sentiments of the Sikh Community by putting this picture on its cover page without my knowledge and hence, I am writing to you to register a criminal case against it under appropriate sections of Indian Penal Code.
The Aam Aadmi Party, headed by Kejriwal, is gearing up to make inroads in Punjab, which will go to polls next year.
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