After the assembly elections, the newly appointed MLAs in Punjab are demanding to solve incidents of sacrilege in the last few years. Strict action against Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan firing cases is still awaited Earlier this month, the SIT committee failed to submit the charge sheet as asked by the court. The SIT team gave the excuse of having fewer members in the team after the retirement of the AG. Govt. Wants More Time to Probe the Behbal Kalan Firing …
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Former DGP Sumedh Singh Saini had earlier obtained bail from the High Court against his arrest in any case. Due to legal protection, the SIT had to stop the interrogation of Saini. Due to this, Special Investigation Team (SIT) last questioned Saini on May 31 last year. The case was sought to be transferred to a central agency. While disposing of the petitions, the High Court asked the Punjab Police to speed up the investigation into the 2015 Kotakpura and …
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up to probe into the incidents of indecency in the villages of Burj Jawahar Singh Wala and Bargari in the Faridkot district of Punjab in 2015 has termed the Dera Sirsa chief and several other Dera supporters as alleged conspirators for these incidents. The SIT’s 467-page final report on the Bargari indecency case has blamed Dera Sacha Sauda in Sirsa for the incidents. Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is lodged in jail, …
Behbal Kalan’s firing case is still pending from 2015. Recently the government had set a three-month deadline to bring justice to the families of victims of the Behbal Kalan firing. Police Firing in Behbal Kalan in 2015 In the meanwhile, just to refresh the highlights of the case, on October 14th, 2015, Two Sikh protesters — Gurjeet Singh of Sarwan village and Krishan Bhagwan Singh of Niamiwala village in Faridkot district— were killed in the police firing. They were protesting …
God’s Mill Grinds Slowly but Surely During the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, Navjot Singh, Sukhpal Khera, and Simarjeet Singh Bains have used Punjab sacrilege for their political benefits. All three of them are suspects of various charges against them. The Charges Mr. Navjot Singh Sidhu, former international Cricketer, and a political leader now was sent to a year’s jail term in a 33-yr-old case, admits undue indulgence in letting him off with Rs 1K fine earlier. Also, he is …
Kotkapura incident and Behbal Kalan firing both cases are under investigation. In the meantime, Ex IG of Punjab Police is getting continuous threats and extra security is demanded by the center. A letter has been sent by the Union Home Ministry to the Punjab Government to provide adequate security to Punjab Police IG Umranangal and his family. The letter said that appropriate security arrangements should be made for the Umranangal family in view of the threat posed by terrorists and …
It was June 3, 1984. The 378th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Arjan, the fifth Guru of the Sikhs, was being commemorated when the Indian Army launched a military attack on the holiest Sikh shrine under the strange name of Operation Blue Star. Why was this day chosen for the attack? It was no coincidence that the day chosen for the attack was a historic day. Two centuries ago, on the day of Diwali, 1736, the Mughal forces attacked the Golden …
Punjab and Haryana high court granted anticipatory bail to Sumedh Singh Saini in a corruption case. Former Punjab DGP Sumedh Singh is a 1982 batch IPS officer. Saini has been SSP of 6 districts. Sumedh Saini has been SSP of Batala, Ferozepur, Ludhiana, Bathinda, Rupnagar, and Chandigarh. In August 1991, Saini was the SSP of Chandigarh when he was fatally attacked. Sumedh survived the attack but three security personnel were killed. The CBI case against Saini for kidnapping a Ludhiana …
On May 15th, 2021 the bureau of investigation (BOI) said that the two cases registered in connection with the Behbal Kalan firing incident at Bajakhana police station were turned over to the SIT sub-team led by IG (retired) Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh. In the light of the context, “IG Vijay Pratap firm on his resignation“, the investigation into these two FIRs will now be completed by the SIT comprising IG Naunihal Singh, SSP Satinder Singh, and SSP Swarandeep Singh. The …
While Ex IPS Kunwar Vijay Pratap who was part of the SIT investigating the 2015 Kotkapura firing case in Punjab, joined the Aam Aadmi Party on June 22, 2021, Delhi’s chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, greeted him as “my officer Bhai (my officer brother)”. He officially inducted the Ex IPS Kunwar Vijay Pratap Joins AAP & will be ahead of next year’s parliamentary elections. Ex Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh who joins AAP, also announced that the party’s chief ministerial face …