Summary:
The SIT has been directed to complete the investigation as expeditiously as possible and submit a final report before the competent court. All requests for a probe into the two “related” matters were ignored and allegedly no action was taken as Umaranagal “enjoyed political patronage,” claimed the family. It was human rights activist Col G S Sandhu (retd) who first claimed that the person killed on July 29, 1994 was Sukhpal. NEARLY 25 years after a Gurdaspur youth was allegedly killed in a fake encounter and now suspended former IG Paramraj Singh Umranangal had claimed that the body belonged to a “prominent terrorist”, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has constituted a fresh Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the allegations. Around 3-4 police personnel had allegedly abducted Sukhpal in August 1994 saying he was required in some investigation..