New Delhi: A day after shunting out three senior police officers including an inspector general over Patiala’s violent clashes, police arrested alleged key conspirator Barjinder Singh Parwana on Sunday, May 1.Indian Express reported that Range Inspector General M.S. Chhina has said that Rajpura-resident Parwana was nabbed from Mohali.Police have also booked 25 accused so far in connection with six FIRs registered after clashes between two groups over an ‘anti-Khalistan’ march left four persons injured on April 29. Three of them have been arrested: Harish Singla, Daljeet Singh and Kuldeep Singh.Mobile internet and SMS services were suspended from 9.30 am by the state’s home affairs and justice department till 4 pm.The Aam Aadmi Party government in the state transferred Inspector General of Police (Patiala Range) Rakesh Agrawal, Patiala Senior Superintendent of Police Nanak Singh and the Patiala superintendent of police with immediate effect.A spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office said Mukhwinder Singh Chhina was appointed as the new IG-Patiala while Deepak Parik will be the new Patiala SSP.Wazir Singh has been appointed as the new superintendent of police of Patiala.Talking to reporters here after taking charge, Chhina had identified the now arrested Barjinder Singh Parwana as the main accused and one of the masterminds of the incident.“Punjab Police will come down very heavily whoever tries to disturb peace and communal harmony,” said Chhina, flanked by Patiala Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sawhney.Police and district administration authorities on Saturday claimed that the situation was under control in Patiala.Various Hindu groups had given a call for a bandh in protest against Friday’s incident. Several markets in Patiala city had been shut on Saturday.Representatives of some Hindu groups lifted their ‘dharna’ outside the Kali Mata temple and deferred their proposed protest march after police and district administration assured them of action within two days against those who were behind the disturbance on Friday.This is from Punjab.Khalistanis with swords chanted Khalistan Zindabad.Stones were hurled and swords were brandished as two groups clashed in Patiala.The incident happened when the Shiv Sena was carrying out a march against Khalistani groups in Patiala. pic.twitter.com/sLj6iqDFyJ— Anshul Saxena (@AskAnshul) April 29, 2022The groups had clashed over an ‘anti-Khalistan’ march, hurling stones at each other and brandishing swords. Police fired in the air to bring the situation under control.Harish Singla, working president of a group called “Shiv Sena (Bal Thackeray) and who organised the march, was sent to two-day police remand by a court here.Singla was arrested on Friday after he was booked under various sections including 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 506 (Punishment for criminal intimidation) of the IPC.This is the first major law and order incident in the state under the Bhagwant Mann-led state government. Opposition parties had attacked the AAP-led regime, alleging that the law and order in the state had collapsed.Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had ordered a probe into the clashes and had said that not a single culprit will be spared.A meeting of the district level peace committee was also held on Saturday here in which local MLAs, senior police officials and representatives of the religious bodies appealed to people to maintain peace and harmony.(With PTI inputs)