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On the backfoot on this issue, Jarnail Singh said, "I knowthat your anger is justified. We will ensure that this issueis taken up with Arvind Kejriwal." The mediapersons reminded him that his party has maximumjournalists in its fold and such a behaviour from its MP wasunacceptable. "I again tender an unconditional apology and I think thematter should be ended here," he added. Notably, in fresh trouble for Bhagwant Mann, the AAP’sSangrur MP was today booked along with some of his partyactivists by Punjab Police on a complaint alleging that theyhad misbehaved with mediapersons at a rally in Bassi Pathana. "After receiving the report of the DSP to whom anenquiry had been marked and after getting legal opinion inthis regard, we registered a case against Mr Bhagwant Mann andsome of his party activists," Fatehgarh Sahib SSP H S Bhullarsaid today. The media persons had yesterday filed a complaintagainst Mann who along with his supporters allegedlymisbehaved with them and used derogatory remarks against themedia at a political rally in Bassi Pathana in Fatehgarh Sahibdistrict on Thursday. Mann is alleged to have instigated AAP volunteersagainst media persons present there and they manhandled thescribes and even damaged the camera of one of them, thecomplaint read. Mann even used the word "paid media" which hurt thefeelings of journalists, it said. After the incident, Congress activists had burnt aneffigy of Mann at Bassi Pathana. Mann has been mired in controversies. The AAP MPrecently drew flak for alleged security breach after hestreamed a video of him entering the Parliament Complex inDelhi. The Lok Sabha Speaker had formed a panel to probe theissue and Mann was asked to stay away from proceedings of thehouse, pending the inquiry. PTI SUN AKA SG RGSG