LUDHIANA: Lok Insaaf Party chief Simarjit Singh Bains, who seeks re-election from this district's Atam Nagar seat, was rounded up from the district court's bar room on Tuesday afternoon over a clash in Daba area of the city late on Monday. He was booked on charges of attempt to murder while attacking his friend-turned-opponent Kawaljit Singh Karwal, who is holds the Congress ticket.
Bains is already accused of raping a woman. A local court, in this matter, had issued non-bailable warrants against him but Bains got a stay from the Supreme Court. Bains, his son, and over 130 others have been booked on the complaint of Congress worker Gurwinder Singh Prinkle, who was with Karwal at the time of the incident around 7.30 pm outside the office of party worker Jagmeet Singh. He said: "Bains along with his son Ajaypreet Singh Bains and 100 accomplices reached there and threw glass bottles and bricks at us. Simarjit also asked his son Ajaypreet to fire at Karwal. Ajaypreet fired a gunshot but it miseed Karwal. Then Simarjit took the gun from his hand and fired at me, but he too missed."
