Cheema, who hails from Lahori Kalan village in Fatehgarh Sahib district, said many former militants settled abroad wanted to return to the country to be with their families but the Indian Government and the police did not want that to happen.
To express their solidarity with Cheema, several Akali leaders, including Dal Khalsa’s Kanwar Pal Singh, Kuldip Singh Wadala of SAD (B) and SGPC member from Fatehgarh Sahib Karnail Singh Pinjoli met him at the Sadar police station.
The former militant received a VIP treatment at the police station. Mineral water was served to him along with food from an upmarket restaurant. Also, nobody was stopped from meeting him.