Sukhbir Badal claims, Punjab Asst IG's assailants were expelled from Akali Dal 6 months ago

He said Sunny had demanded the party ticket from Ludhiana which had been denied to him.

YAD president Bikramjit Singh Majithia said the leadership could not be held liable for the actions of any YAD member, past or present. “If that was the case, Sonia Gandhi would be held responsible for all the wrongs committed by Congress men”, he said.

Majithia denied that Sunny was close to him. “If that was the case, I would have inaugurated the joint owned by him. But I have never even visited the joint”.

Meanwhile, the Congress has demanded a judicial probe. Punjab state Congress chief  Capt Amarinder Singh warned that such instances would demoralise the Punjab Police.

He alleged that goons groomed and patronised by Majithia have become a law unto themselves. He asked Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to tame Majithia, otherwise the state will be thrown to anarchy.

The PCC chief referred to the encounter between criminals and the police in Mattewal village in the Majithia assembly segment today in which gangster Sulakhan Mattewal, Majithia's "henchman" was involved. He alleged that while five of his accomplices were arrested, Sulakhan was allowed to escape.

Congress leaders Sukhpal Khaira, Laal Singh, Brahm Mohindra, Parminder Pinky and Navtej Cheema said it was ironical that the police officer who had been injured was state police chief Sumedh Singh Saini's right hand man while the “Akali goonda” who had beaten him up was Majithia's right hand man.