PK Jaiswar Tribune News Service Amritsar August 20 Raising a question mark on the investigations carried out by the Punjab Police notorious gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria has been acquitted in 16 criminal cases allegedly due to the lack of evidence till date. One of the major reason is that the witnesses in these cases turn hostile due to fear of the gangsters. They also threaten the complainants who do not pursue the cases further. A senior police official Bhagwanpuria has around 50 cases registered in different police stations including that of murder attempt to murder the Arms Act and the NDPS Act. Of these 13 cases were registered in Amritsar alone. Ironically he has been convicted by the court only in one case of the NDPS Act while he has been acquitted in 16 cases. This has raised many eyebrows as to why the investigations carried out by different agencies of the Punjab Police have failed to convince the courts in pronouncing conviction. The police investigation is usually riddled with loopholes and they fail to prove the charges levelled against Bhagwanpuria. In a case related to seizure of 7-kg heroin he was acquitted by the court. He was framed on the statement of an accused while he was lodged in the jail during the confiscation of the said contraband. Amandeep Singh Pahwa Bhagwanpurias legal counsel A senior police official on condition of anonymity said one of the major reason was that the witnesses in these cases turned hostile due to fear of the gangsters. They also threaten the complainants who do not pursue the cases. He has been convicted in only one case of the NDPS Act in which he was pronounced 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in January 2020. He is currently lodged in Tihar Jail. Bhagwanpurias legal counsel Amandeep Singh Pahwa said “The police investigation is usually riddled with loopholes and they fail to prove the charges levelled against Jaggu. Sometimes hes apparently framed for the crime.” “In a case related to seizure of 7-kg heroin he was acquitted by the court. He was framed on the statement of an accused while he was lodged in the jail during the confiscation of the contraband” he said. The police had failed to substantiate their claims in the court. Bhagwanpuria is one of the dreaded gangsters of Punjab. Though he was lodged in jail his name has been figured in many criminal cases in the recent past. Recently he purportedly took the responsibility of killing another notorious gangster and his rival Ranbir Singh alias Rana Kandowalia at a private hospital on Circular Road. Tejbir Singh Kandowalia accomplice was also injured in the firing while one of the shooter also sustained injuries. In a social media message he warned his rivals of similar fate while taking the responsibility of the murder. He was also booked in the Kandowalias murder. He would be brought on the production warrant from the Tihar Jail in next couple of days for interrogation.

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