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<div class="itg-mosimage"><div class="itgimage"><img  title=""  class="" alt="" src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Fmedia2%2Findiatoday%2Fimages%2Fstories%2F1998June%2Fnewsnotes1_082812015221.jpg" loading="lazy" /></div><b>Chandigarh: </b><p>It was not the kind of vacation that Haryana Chief Minister Bansi Lal had anticipated. On May 21, the day he landed in Shimla to escape the scorching heat of Chandigarh, bad news followed him.</p><p>Before Bansi Lal could settle down to unwind in the sylvan hills came an unsettling call from a senior official of Hisar seeking his permission to arrest his daughter Sumitra who had allegedly assaulted two local officials, including the city magistrate. </p><p>Sumitra apparently lost her cool and had slapped the city magistrate after she was refused permission to hold her daughter's birthday party in the state government guesthouse. </p><p>Given the resentment in the Hisar administration following the incident, Bansi Lal had little option but to give the nod for the arrest of his daughter, who was bailed out two days later. </p><p>While Bansi Lal's supporters are touting the episode as an "example of his fairness", the fact remains that he couldn't have afforded inaction in the run-up to the June 3 Adampur assembly by-election. </p><div class="itemcenter"><iframe scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="62" awidth="320" aheight="62" amplayout="fixed" src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Findiatoday%2Fbanner%2Fpreferred-source-new.html%3Fv%3D1.014" class="preferred-source-banner" loading="lazy"></iframe></div><style>.preferred-source-banner{  margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom:10px;}</style></p><p>Whether the incident helps Bansi Lal's dwindling popularity or not, it did play spoilsport with his annual holiday in the hills.</p><div id="tab-link-wrapper-plugin"><div class="authors__container"><div class="authors__by"><div class="authlable">Published By: </div><div class="authdetaisl">AtMigration </div></div><div class="published__on"><div class="authlable">Published On: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Jun 8, 1998</div></div></div><div class="sendros">--- ENDS ---</div></div></div>

It was not the kind of vacation that Haryana Chief Minister Bansi Lal had anticipated. On May 21, the day he landed in Shimla to escape the scorching heat of Chandigarh, bad news followed him.

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Haryana CM Bansi Lal gives nod for arrest of his daughter Sumitra for assaulting city magistrate.

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Haryana CM Bansi Lal's daughter Sumitra arrested for allegedly assaulting officials

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Haryana CM Bansi Lal's daughter Sumitra arrested for allegedly assaulting officials

It was not the kind of vacation that Haryana Chief Minister Bansi Lal had anticipated. On May 21, the day he landed in Shimla to escape the scorching heat of Chandigarh, bad news followed him.

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