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Jalandhar: Some personnel from the Railway Protection Force allegedly manhandled a man, Lakshman Dubey, at Jalandhar city railway station today. Hailing from Uttar Pradesh, Dubey alleged that the RPF men, including Sarabjit Singh, Gopal Dass and Satwinder Singh, tried to take him to RPF thana forcibly when he reached the city railway station for some work.Currently residing in Qazi Mandi in Jalandhar, Dubey said when he asked the RPF personnel why they were taking him to the thana, they did not give any satisfactory reply. “After this, I started shouting which attracted the attention of a large number of people at the station. When people gathered, the RPF men left me,” he said.Dubey alleged that the RPF men wanted to teach him a lesson as he had complained against two RPF men --- Sarabjit Singh and Bal Krishan --- in March this year to the RPF DG and IG.He said, “There are over 200 unathorised vendors, who sell various items at the city railway station after paying a bribe daily. I was also one of them and had been selling tea at the station for the past seven years. Initially, RPF men took a bribe of Rs 30 per day from each vendor. Later they increased the amount to Rs 50 per day.”Dubey said, “The RPF men again hiked the bribe amount to Rs 70 per day. I expressed my inability to pay the same. At this, they directed me not to sell tea at the station.”

“When I questioned them on why I am being singled out, two RPF men took me to an RPF thana on February 9 and thrashed me. Then I sent complaints to the RPF DG and IG. Today’s manhandling was a result of that incident.”