Punjab CM Mann slams Centre for AAP leader Sanjay Singh's arrest
Chandigarh (PTI): Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday slammed the BJP-led Centre for the arrest of senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh, alleging it has become the nature of the prime minister to "scare" opposition leaders through the Enforcement Directorate.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday morning raided AAP Rajya Sabha member Singh's home in connection with a money laundering case linked to the Delhi excise policy and later arrested him.
"Where public does not support, scaring through ED has become the nature of Modiji," Mann said in a post in Punjabi on X and added that they are not afraid.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has called Singh's arrest "completely illegal" and claimed that more opposition leaders will be arrested in the run-up to the 2024 parliamentary elections.
Kejriwal termed the ED raids on Singh's residence the "last desperate attempt" of a party that is staring at defeat in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Many such raids will take place but there is nothing to be scared of, the AAP national convenor said.
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Bridge portion collapses on Jammu outskirts; 3-4 labourers feared trapped, 1 rescued
Jammu (PTI): A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said.
Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of the portion of the bridge.
The incident occurred when labourers were carrying out repair work on a retaining wall near the bridge that was damaged in last year's flash floods, the sources said.
According to the sources, a section of the bridge suddenly gave way, burying workers engaged at the site under the rubble.
Police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams launched rescue operations to extricate those buried under the debris. They pulled out one injured labourer and shifted him to a hospital, the sources said.
Family members of the labourers present at the site said around six workers engaged at the site at the time of the incident came under the debris when the structure collapsed. The family members said while two of the labourers managed to escape, four got trapped.
The sources said those trapped included the husband of a woman labourer, a mason, an unmarried labourer and a relative of the contractor.
There was no official confirmation on the exact number of persons trapped under the debris till the filing of this report.
The rescue operations are ongoing.
