Kolkata: Ex – servicemen protest demanding the immediate release of Balwinder Singh #Gallery

Kolkata: Ex-servicemen and their relatives stage a sit-in demonstration near Mahatma Gandhi statue demanding the immediate release of Sikh man Balwinder Singh who was arrested for carrying a pistol at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) agitation in Howrah on October 8; in Kolkata on Oct 17, 2020. The incident made headlines as Singh’s turban fell off when he was jostling with the police. While videos of the incident went viral, the state police accused him of carrying a firearm, the licence for which they claimed, was not valid in West Bengal. (Photo: IANS)

Kolkata: Ex-servicemen and their relatives stage a sit-in demonstration near Mahatma Gandhi statue demanding the immediate release of Sikh man Balwinder Singh who was arrested for carrying a pistol at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) agitation in Howrah on October 8; in Kolkata on Oct 17, 2020. The incident made headlines as Singh’s turban fell off when he was jostling with the police. While videos of the incident went viral, the state police accused him of carrying a firearm, the licence for which they claimed, was not valid in West Bengal. (Photo: IANS)

Kolkata: Ex-servicemen and their relatives stage a sit-in demonstration near Mahatma Gandhi statue demanding the immediate release of Sikh man Balwinder Singh who was arrested for carrying a pistol at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) agitation in Howrah on October 8; in Kolkata on Oct 17, 2020. The incident made headlines as Singh’s turban fell off when he was jostling with the police. While videos of the incident went viral, the state police accused him of carrying a firearm, the licence for which they claimed, was not valid in West Bengal. (Photo: IANS)

Kolkata: Ex-servicemen and their relatives stage a sit-in demonstration near Mahatma Gandhi statue demanding the immediate release of Sikh man Balwinder Singh who was arrested for carrying a pistol at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) agitation in Howrah on October 8; in Kolkata on Oct 17, 2020. The incident made headlines as Singh’s turban fell off when he was jostling with the police. While videos of the incident went viral, the state police accused him of carrying a firearm, the licence for which they claimed, was not valid in West Bengal. (Photo: IANS)

Kolkata: Ex-servicemen and their relatives stage a sit-in demonstration near Mahatma Gandhi statue demanding the immediate release of Sikh man Balwinder Singh who was arrested for carrying a pistol at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) agitation in Howrah on October 8; in Kolkata on Oct 17, 2020. The incident made headlines as Singh’s turban fell off when he was jostling with the police. While videos of the incident went viral, the state police accused him of carrying a firearm, the licence for which they claimed, was not valid in West Bengal. (Photo: IANS)

Kolkata: Ex-servicemen and their relatives stage a sit-in demonstration near Mahatma Gandhi statue demanding the immediate release of Sikh man Balwinder Singh who was arrested for carrying a pistol at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) agitation in Howrah on October 8; in Kolkata on Oct 17, 2020. The incident made headlines as Singh’s turban fell off when he was jostling with the police. While videos of the incident went viral, the state police accused him of carrying a firearm, the licence for which they claimed, was not valid in West Bengal. (Photo: IANS)