Three occasions former MLA and Congress candidate from Batala for the meeting elections Ashwani Sekhri has been booked for attacking a couple of males of a liquor vend on the Circular Road right here, police sources mentioned on Monday.

The incident occurred on February 18 night time. “I’m answerable for Rajindra Wine and we had been sealing our vends in compliance with the Election Commission’s tips when Sekhri alongside together with his aides appeared and began abusing us. They attacked us and our two automobiles. It left us injured and our automobiles broken,” mentioned Bakshish Singh, the complainant.

An FIR was registered on Sunday in opposition to him and 18 unknown individuals below Sections 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint), 427, 506 (for legal intimidation), 323 (Punishment for voluntarily inflicting damage), 148 and 149 of the IPC within the City police station of Batala.