File photo of Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu. (PTI)
On Saturday, Sidhu, while sharing a picture of a woman lying on the road at Dhanaula in Barnala district, wrote to CM Mann, “Today in Dhanaula a young girl was beaten up on the highway with her arms and legs tied and a man was murdered in Khemkaran. .
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According to police, a woman whose photo was shared by Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu to target the Punjab government was found to be “depressed”.
Earlier in the day, Sidhu had shared a picture of a woman lying on the road at Dhanaula in Barnala district. “Man Saheb, today a young woman was beaten up with her arms and legs tied on the highway in Dhanaula and a person was murdered in Khemkaran. No fear of law. If such law and order situation continues, then no one will be here. Before inviting foreigners, first ensure the safety of 3 crore Punjabis,” Sidhu said in a tweet earlier in the day, targeting Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.
Barnala police officer Darpan Ahluwalia said on Saturday that the 33-year-old woman had come from Budhlada in Mansa to buy some books and household items from Dhanaula bus in Barnala. Ahluwalia said that after not getting a place to spend the night on Peerkhana Road, she covered herself with her ‘dupatta’ and lay down on the side of the road. On Saturday morning some passersby took her to Dhanaula Community Health Center.
Police called the woman’s mother and brother to the health centre, they said, adding that in a statement to the police, the woman’s mother said her daughter was “depressed”.
Police also said that his legs were not tied. Her mother demanded that her photo be removed from social media. Later, she was sent back to her home along with her mother and brother, police said.
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