Activist-politician Bobby Panwar booked for ‘threatening, misbehaving’ with Uttarakhand Energy Secy Meenakshi Sundaram

“When the said idiosyncratic was called to the Secretary’s country for a meeting, helium behaved precise severely successful beforehand of the Secretary and abused, intimidated and threatened to termination the Secretary. During this, the Secretary called america (Kapil Kumar, Senior Private Secretary and Anoop Dangwal, Additional Private Secretary) and instructed america to nonstop him out. But the said idiosyncratic pushed, manhandled and bushed america successful beforehand of the Secretary and obstructed authorities work,” the ailment said.

The ailment besides alleged that the accused threatened them by saying, “Dekh lenge (will spot you) extracurricular the Secretariat, owed to which we fearfulness nonaccomplishment of beingness and property. If successful aboriginal thing untoward happens to the Secretary oregon us, the said idiosyncratic named Bobby Panwar volition beryllium wholly liable for it.”

The FIR was registered nether Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita sections 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt), 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), 351(3) (criminal intimidation), 121(1) (voluntarily causing wounded oregon grievous wounded to deter nationalist servant from duty), 132 (assault oregon transgression unit to deter nationalist servant from discharge of duty), 221 (obstructing nationalist servant successful discharge of nationalist functions) aft directions issued by Additional DGP (Law and Order) AP Anshuman to Dehradun SSP to instrumentality ineligible enactment successful the case.

Denying the allegations raised successful the complaint, Bobby Panwar said, “I went to conscionable Meenakshi Sundaram asking astir a request for probe against the Energy Department MD that I had submitted a period ago. I asked him to archer maine the improvement successful the case, to which helium said helium does not person immoderate information. I asked him to supply maine with the missive for that officer’s work extension. He said helium cannot springiness it to conscionable anyone. We past had a heated argument. The different allegations are false.”

In October, MD, Uttrakhand Power Corporation Ltd (UPCL), Anil Yadav, was fixed a two-year extension. The hold came amid allegations made by many, including Suraj Seva Dal authorities president Ramesh Joshi, of corruption successful the department.

In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Bobby Panwar (26), president of Uttarakhand Berozgar Sangh, contested from the Tehri spot arsenic an Independent campaigner and registered implicit 1.6 lakh votes, springing a large astonishment with his performance.

BJP’s Mala Raj Lakshmi Shah won the Tehri seat, securing 4.62 lakh votes, and Congress’s Jot Singh Gunsola, who got 1.90 lakh votes, came successful second. Panwar came successful third.

The Uttarakhand IAS Association has powerfully condemned Wednesday’s incident.

“The IAS Association demands strict enactment against those progressive successful this incidental to forestall specified incidents successful future. We basal successful solidarity with Sundaram and his bureau unit and entreaty to the Government and instrumentality enforcement agencies to guarantee the information and dignity of each nationalist servants truthful that they tin execute their duties without immoderate fear,” the relation said successful a statement.