Jalandhar AAP MLA Sheetal Angural was acquitted in court this Tuesday in a case registered against him under the Gambling Act. Due to lack of evidence, the court decided to acquit Angural and hence the case has been dropped.
Sheetal claims that the allegations against him were fabrications of Congress. He had faith in the justice system and was sure that the truth will prevail. He claimed the arrest was made solely under political pressure and that the acquittal has proven him right.
During the Covid pandemic, the Bhargo camp police raided the house in Kot Sadik which belonged to a man named Golu. There Sheetal along with 10 other individuals were arrested under suspicions of gambling. Police seized nearly 2 lakhs and 595 rupees in cash from the house. A total of 13 individuals were arrested.
Other accused were identified as Baldev Raj, Vivek Mahajan, Kapil Kumar Monty, Atul, Deepak Deepa, Sukhpreet Singh, Naveen Mahajan, Ajay Verma and Kriti Goswami.
At the time, Sheetal was with the BJP and also a former member of the national executive of the SC front. His arrest caused a ruckus outside the Bhargo Police station following which the police had to step in and control the situation.
A case was registered against Sheetal Angural under various sections of the gambling act. A case under section 144 of the IPC was also registered against the assembly of people outside the station.