Police firing: SP, five DSPs among 26 examined by SIT

  • | Friday | 19th October, 2018

Among the 26 questioned by SIT was superintendent of police Paramjit Singh Pannu, five deputy superintendents of police and non-gazetted officers.Two members of SIT IG Arunpal Singh and Kapurthala SSP Satinder Singh recorded their statements. They said they had assembled at Kotkapura light point the next day when police resorted to unprovoked firing at 6 in the morning.In Phagwara , the SIT examined 26 police officials and personnel here on Thursday. While statements of some police officials have been recorded, of some others, they are yet to be recorded.”Sources said the eyewitnesses told the team that they had assembled at Kotkapura on October 13, 2015 and were taken to police stations but were let off after some time. All the 26 police officials and personnel were questioned about the firing at Behbal Kalan in which two Sikh protester had died.IG Arunpal Singh said they chose Phagwara as SSP Satinder Singh needed to be available in the district due to security arrangements for Dussehra and the scheduled visit of the vice-president early next week.The Punjab government had set up the five-member SIT to probe the police firing incidents at Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan in 2015.Two persons, Krishan Bhagwan Singh and Gurjit Singh, were killed in alleged police firing at protesters at Behbal Kalan following sacrilege incidents in 2015. BATHINDA/PHAGWARA: The special investigation team ( SIT ) probing into the 2015 police firing incidents at Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan recorded the statements of police officials and civilians on Thursday.The team members also interacted with the Sikh protesters who have been sitting on a dharna, demanding the arrest of those behind the police firing and sacrilege incidents in Faridkot in 2015, an official spokesperson said.In Bathinda , the SIT visited Kotkapura Light Point Chowk on Thursday and recorded statements of 10 persons.Talking to media persons at the Kotkapura DSP office, SIT member and inspector general of police Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh said “whosoever is found guilty will be taken to task.

BATHINDA/PHAGWARA: The special investigation team ( SIT ) probing into the 2015 police firing incidents at Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan recorded the statements of police officials and civilians on Thursday.The team members also interacted with the Sikh protesters who have been sitting on a dharna, demanding the arrest of those behind the police firing and sacrilege incidents in Faridkot in 2015, an official spokesperson said.In Bathinda , the SIT visited Kotkapura Light Point Chowk on Thursday and recorded statements of 10 persons.Talking to media persons at the Kotkapura DSP office, SIT member and inspector general of police Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh said “whosoever is found guilty will be taken to task. While statements of some police officials have been recorded, of some others, they are yet to be recorded.”Sources said the eyewitnesses told the team that they had assembled at Kotkapura on October 13, 2015 and were taken to police stations but were let off after some time. They said they had assembled at Kotkapura light point the next day when police resorted to unprovoked firing at 6 in the morning.In Phagwara , the SIT examined 26 police officials and personnel here on Thursday. Among the 26 questioned by SIT was superintendent of police Paramjit Singh Pannu, five deputy superintendents of police and non-gazetted officers.Two members of SIT IG Arunpal Singh and Kapurthala SSP Satinder Singh recorded their statements. All the 26 police officials and personnel were questioned about the firing at Behbal Kalan in which two Sikh protester had died.IG Arunpal Singh said they chose Phagwara as SSP Satinder Singh needed to be available in the district due to security arrangements for Dussehra and the scheduled visit of the vice-president early next week.The Punjab government had set up the five-member SIT to probe the police firing incidents at Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan in 2015.Two persons, Krishan Bhagwan Singh and Gurjit Singh, were killed in alleged police firing at protesters at Behbal Kalan following sacrilege incidents in 2015.

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