Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal today warned Punjab Police to stop "harassing and threatening" his party workers as he vowed to take action against officials acting as a "tool" of the Congress upon returning to power.
In a statement here, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president said a number of "false" cases were registered by the vigilance department of the state, which was being "misused" to "target" Akalis.
"This was being done as part of a vendetta against Akali workers and leaders and to browbeat them into supporting the Congress," the former deputy chief minister said.
Badal warned that any police officer who became a "tool" in the hands of the Congress in its bid to "victimise" Akalis would be held accountable for his "misdeeds" upon the SAD-BJP alliance government's return to power in the state.
"We will take all necessary steps not only to identify and cancel all false cases but also take the strictest action against police officers who registered these in the first place. This is the only way to end victimisation of innocents and we will not be found wanting in applying this balm to heal the wounds of the wronged," Badal said.
The former deputy CM compared police officers registering "false" criminal cases against Akalis to criminals.
"Registering a false case, be it on any pretext, is akin to participating in a criminal activity. Anyone doing so should desist and take corrective action to give relief to innocents immediately or be ready to face the music," he said.
"Be guided by the law and not by any other extraneous reason, particularly a false sense of loyalty to the ruling dispensation which will not be there to help you once people exercise their franchise and elect a new government in Punjab," he said.
Badal said it was condemnable that Congress leaders started engineering atrocities against Akali workers immediately after coming to power.
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