Chandigarh: The Punjab Police on Friday (April 10) booked Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), a US based group and it’s legal advisor Gurpatwant Singh Pannun for automated phone calls. The Punjab government and police maintain that the calls were ‘aimed at instigating the people, particularly youth, against the state government during the COVID-19 curfew/lockdown’.

Cases have been registered under Section 124 A of IPC, and Sections 10 (a) and 13 (1) of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA), at the State Special Operations Cell, Mohali, disclosed DGP Dinkar Gupta, in a written statement (copy available with Sikh Siyasat News).