Tajinder Bagga gets court relief amid AAP vs BJP, can’t be arrested till July 5

The BJP’s Tajinder Bagga got a big relief from the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday, news agency ANI reported, after a case was filed against him over an alleged threat to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The 36-year-old can’t be arrested till July 5, the court said.

His arrest last week from his West Delhi home by the Punjab Police had triggered a huge political uproar as the Delhi Police and the Haryana Police intervened when he was being taken to Mohali. The Delhi Police had filed a kidnapping case against the Punjab Police.

The BJP slammed the ruling AAP government in Punjab and called it “political vendetta”. However, the AAP had hit back saying that the arrest took place after Bagga did not join the probe in the case against him.

Last week, the high court stayed his arrest till Tuesday in a midnight hearing after a local court in Mohal had ordered an arrest warrant against him.

A case was filed against the BJP leader on April 1 on the charges of making provocative statements, promoting enmity and criminal intimidation on a complaint of AAP leader Sunny Ahluwalia, a resident of Mohali.