<p>Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu has found himself in a soup after being charged with sedition following his recent visit to Pakistan where he reportedly hugged Pak Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa. A Bihar court will hear a complaint case against the Congress leader on August 24.<br /><br />Sidhu, who is a Cabinet minister in Amarinder Singh’s Punjab Government, went to Pakistan in his personal capacity to attend the swearing-in function of Pak Prime Minister Imran Khan and has since been charged with hurting the sentiments of Indians and creating hatred among people.</p>.<p>“Sidhu, who went to Pakistan on August 18 to attend the swearing-in of Imran Khan, hugged Pakistan General Bajwa on whose orders Indian soldiers were being killed in cross-border terrorism. It is this Bajwa who is responsible for killings of Indians. Sidhu’s gesture has hurt the feelings of Indians,” said the Muzaffarpur-based lawyer Sudhir Kumar Ojha, in his complaint against the BJP-turned-Congress leader.</p>.<p>Ojha has lodged the complaint in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Muzaffarpur, Hari Prasad. In his petition, the lawyer has pleaded that Sidhu be booked under Section 124 A (sedition), Section 153 B (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration) and Section 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).</p>.<p>Justice Prasad has decided to hear the case on Friday.</p>
<p>Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu has found himself in a soup after being charged with sedition following his recent visit to Pakistan where he reportedly hugged Pak Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa. A Bihar court will hear a complaint case against the Congress leader on August 24.<br /><br />Sidhu, who is a Cabinet minister in Amarinder Singh’s Punjab Government, went to Pakistan in his personal capacity to attend the swearing-in function of Pak Prime Minister Imran Khan and has since been charged with hurting the sentiments of Indians and creating hatred among people.</p>.<p>“Sidhu, who went to Pakistan on August 18 to attend the swearing-in of Imran Khan, hugged Pakistan General Bajwa on whose orders Indian soldiers were being killed in cross-border terrorism. It is this Bajwa who is responsible for killings of Indians. Sidhu’s gesture has hurt the feelings of Indians,” said the Muzaffarpur-based lawyer Sudhir Kumar Ojha, in his complaint against the BJP-turned-Congress leader.</p>.<p>Ojha has lodged the complaint in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Muzaffarpur, Hari Prasad. In his petition, the lawyer has pleaded that Sidhu be booked under Section 124 A (sedition), Section 153 B (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration) and Section 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).</p>.<p>Justice Prasad has decided to hear the case on Friday.</p>
