Double suicide: Police submit challan in court

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, January 5

The Mohkampura police have submitted a challan in the local court in connection with the suicide of jeweller Vikramjit Singh who had accused Sub-Inspector Sandeep Kaur of blackmailing and extorting money from him. Sandeep Kaur was booked by the Mohkampura police for abetting his suicide while charges of destroying the evidence were later added to the FIR.

Vikramjit had ended his life at a hotel room on October 10. He had left suicide notes, video and audio messages before ending his life. The incident shook the holy city as his wife Sukhbir Kaur also committed suicide a day after at her native Navapind village located on Mehta Road here. Two separate FIRs were registered in the double suicide case — one at the Mohkampura police station here and the other at Jandiala Guru in Amritsar rural. Following the incident, the Punjab Government dismissed the SI from her service.

Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Harpal Singh confirmed that a challan was submitted in the court against sacked Sub-Inspector Sandeep Kaur in Vikramjit’s suicide case.

However, the police were yet to arrest her accomplice Navneet Sandhu, alias Deep Sandhu, who while posing as a DSP, along with Sandeep Kaur, had extorted money to the tune of Rs 18 lakh.

In the case registered with the Jandiala Guru police station, the rural police had also booked a police constable, Gagandeep Singh, alias Gurbir Singh, posted with the CRC branch of the city police, besides Sandeep’s two relatives, Kulwinder Singh and Sukhjit Singh, for sheltering her while she was on the run. Gagandeep remained absent from his duty after the registration of a case against him, following which he was placed under suspension.

The Jandiala police had already submitted the challan in the court. Meanwhile, the local court has rejected the bail of Sandeep Kaur here on Monday. She had applied for bail in the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Sarabjit Singh Dhaliwal.