Tribune News Service Amritsar August 21 The Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed production warrant orders of notorious gangster Jagdeep Singh alias Jaggu Bhagwanpuria who is lodged at the Tihar Jail. Plea in the high court Challenging the order in the high court Jaggu Bhagwanpuria (in pic) had claimed that the incident occurred on August 3 while he was at the Tihar Jail. He expressed extreme apprehension to his life and well-being. He feared that the investigating agency could eliminate him in a fake encounter while there was no evidence to link him with the case. On August 10 the Court of Judicial Magistrate (First Class) had issued the production warrant of Bhagwanpuria for August 23. He was to be interrogated for killing another notorious gangster and his rival Rana Kandowalia who was shot dead by armed assailants at a private hospital on circular road in Amritsar. Kandowalias family in their statement to the police had held Bhagwanpuria responsible for the murder along with several other persons. In a message on social media Bhagwanpuria had claimed the responsibility of Kandowalias murder and even warned his rivals of the same fate. Challenging the order in the high court Bhagwanpuria had claimed that the incident occurred on August 3 while he was at the Tihar Jail. He had expressed extreme apprehension to his life and well-being. He feared that the investigating agency could eliminate him in a fake encounter while there was no evidence to link him with the case. The high court in its order issued on Friday stayed the operation of the impugned order till the next date of hearing. However the court pointed out that the state can interrogate the petitioner (Bhagwanpuria) at the Tihar Jail after obtaining proper warrants from the competent authority.

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