Court asks Delhi police to provide security to BJP's Bagga, family after releasing him

New Delhi: BJP's Tajinder Bagga, whose arrest Friday set off a dramatic showdown involving two parties and police forces across three states, has been granted police security by a court in Delhi.

His advocate Sanket Gupta, who accompanied him, said: "As per his MLC (medico-legal case) report, he suffered an injury on his back and shoulder during the incident."

The court took cognizance of this and asked the SHO to ensure adequate security for Bagga and his father, the complainant, Gupta said.

The Duty Magistrate directed the Delhi Police to provide security to the BJP leader and his family after the latter expressed an apprehension that such incidents may happen to him again.

Mr. Bagga's statement would be recorded before the Magistrate concerned on Monday.

Mr Bagga reached his residence in Delhi late on Friday night, nearly 20 hours after he was detained by Punjab Police from his home in the national capital.

"Police officials started dragging Tajinder (Bagga), they didn't allow him to wear his turban, this is against our religious principles. We've asked the Punjabi brothers to raise their voices against this. Finally, Tajinder is back, this is the victory of truth," PS Bagga, the father of Tajinder Singh Bagga, was quoted as saying by the news agency ANI.

Mr. Bagga, who is also the spokesperson of the Delhi BJP, has termed his detention by the Punjab police as "illegal" and said that he will keep fighting until Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal apologized for his comments on Kashmiri Pandits.

The AAP has claimed that the BJP leader was arrested for trying to stoke communal tension and violence in the border state and rejected the BJP's charge of vendetta.