Amritsar/Chandigarh, May 19 -- Alleging that the AAP government is trying to influence the upcoming civic body polls by misusing the state machinery, senior Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia on Monday accused police of misbehaving with his wife and Majitha MLA Ganieve Kaur, a charge denied by the cops.

Addressing party workers in Majitha, the former minister alleged that a deputy superintendent of police (DSP)-rank officer behaved 'inappropriately' with his wife, and other women workers at the Majitha SDM office when they had gone there during election-related activities.

Congress' Gurdaspur MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and state BJP chief Sunil Jakhar also came out in support of the Akali leader, condemning the police official's alleg...