Summary:
Two agitators - Krishan Bhagwan Singh and Gurjit Singh - were killed in the police firing. "We informed Badal about the protest and he instructed officials to tackle the situation peacefully. Badal had also said he had no role in the action against protesters.Apart from Brar, the then Kotkapura SDM, Harjit Singh, and Kotkapura DSP Baljit Singh appeared before the SIT in Faridkot, confirmed IG Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, who is one of the five members of the probe team.IG Pratap Singh said Mantar and the two officials could not record their statements earlier. The administration was discharging its duty. He refused to divulge the details of what they said.The Punjab government had formed the SIT after the Justice Ranjit Singh Commission had submitted its report into the incidents of sacrilege and police action taken against protesters in Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan.After the action in the wee hours in Kotkapura, police had fired at protesters in Behbal Kalan..