The Punjab Police has registered a criminal case againstunknown persons for impersonating political strategist and Punjab CM’sPrincipal Advisor Prashant Kishor and using his name to incite some politicalleaders against Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh.
The police had received information that the said unknownpersons had been making phone calls to political leaders and publicrepresentatives over the last 5-7 days in the assumed identity of PrashantKishor, according to a Punjab Police spokesperson.
These unknown callers (s), speaking as Prashant Kishor, hadbeen reportedly encouraging the politicians to make public statements againstthe Punjab Chief Minister and to criticize his leadership, said thespokesperson, citing confidential sources.
The spokesperson further disclosed that these callers,claiming to be Kishor, had also apparently been giving assurances to thepolitical leaders etc that he would take up the case with the Congress High Commandin Delhi, if they act on his (purportedly Kishor’s) advice.
A criminal case under sections 416, 419, 420, 109, 120-Bof the IPC and section 66-D of the IT Act, 2000 has been registered at PSDivision no. 6, Commissionerate of Police, Ludhiana against the unknowncallers said the spokesperson.