Chandigarh, May 23: The Shiromani Akali Dal lashed out at the Congress party for its efforts to shield the culprits of the unprecedented attack on SAD workers in Village Manna in Lambi constituency and said that the violators of law cannot be let off without punishment.

            Reacting to the statement of the Congress party,  the SAD Secretary and Spokesman Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema said that it was shameful that instead of admitting the guilt, the Congress party has openly come out to support the culprits of  violence. It is a  glaring example of intimidation of due process of law.  He said that the attack on the akalis was  part of a well planned conspiracy in which petrol and other combustible items were arranged in advance. The Congress workers not only burnt the vehicles but even went to the residence of the SAD candidate in the same village situated far away from the polling booth and tried to set it on fire. Had the fire brigade not reached in time, the whole house would have been burnt to ashes.

            Coming down heavily on the Congress leaders, Dr. Cheema asked them to come clean  and be honest to make public the names of real perpetrators of the crime.

 He further said that  everybody knows that  six vehicles were burnt in this deadly attack in full day light by Congress workers in the presence of media. “When the crime was committed by Congress workers why should there be any case against the Akali workers who are victims of the crime and suffered heavily due to violence ?”, asked Dr. Cheema.

            He advised the Congress party that instead of issuing misleading, derogatory and false statements the Congress should admit the reality and produce the culprits before the police so that justice is done to the SAD workers.