Stay on proceedings against Dal Khalsa activists

Amritsar, Punjab: The high court today stayed the proceedings before a trial court in Amritsar against 19 Dal Khalsa activists in a 55-month-old sedition case registered at the city’s Islamabad police station.

Justice Arvind Kumar also fixed October 20 for the final arguments in this case. The sessions court had framed charges against the activists, including its president Harcharanjit Singh Dhami for hoisting what they referred to as the ‘sarkar-e-khalsa’ flag on January 26, 2005.

Giving details, Kanwarpal Singh of the Dal Khalsa said while the FIR named ten “top leaders” and mentioned another 25 “unidentified” people.