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 …