Kin seek probe by independent agency into Jandiala 'encounter'

PK Jaiswar

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, January 9

Even as the police were yet to file a challan and make further progress in the Jandiala Guru ‘encounter’ case, the family members of the deceased have sought a probe by an independent agency while alleging that the magisterial probe conducted in the case was biased and incomplete as it remained silent on various aspects.

Police yet to file challan

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• The police are yet to file a challan and make further progress in the Jandiala Guru ‘encounter’ case of December 2020
• An alleged carjacker and Hoshiarpur resident, Inderjit Singh, was shot dead by the cops of CIA staff of Amritsar City police in Jandiala Guru Area on December 8, 2020
• A magisterial probe was ordered immediately after the incident, which was conducted by the then Sub Divisional Magistrate Vikas Heera

An alleged carjacker and Hoshiarpur resident, Inderjit Singh was shot dead by the cops of CIA staff of Amritsar City police in Jandiala Guru Area on December 8, 2020. A magisterial probe was ordered immediately after the incident, which was conducted by the then Sub Divisional Magistrate Vikas Heera.

Seven months after the incident, three ASIs were booked by the police following an investigation by the then Border Range IG SPS Parmar, who was directed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court for the same. ASIs Vinod Kumar, Darshan Singh and Surinder Kumar were booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and causing disappearance of evidence of offence.

Maninderpal Singh, brother of the deceased alleged that the police did not made any progress in the case so far even after six months of registration of an FIR. Expressing dissatisfaction over the magisterial probe, he pointed out that it remained silent over several aspects.

“Inderjit suffered a bullet injury in his leg, but it could not find how he suffered this injury while driving an SUV. Another big question was about a .32 bore bullet found in a tyre of the car. The police had claimed in their statements that they had hit the tyre for stopping the SUV being driven by him. The front glass of the SUV was also intact,” he said while adding that the report was silent on these aspects. Further, the report was yet to be filed before the High Court, as required.

Sarabjit Singh Verka of Punjab Human Right Organisation alleged that a DSP-rank official got video recordings of the incident, made by farmers protesting at the site, deleted but the SDM did not enquire this aspect.

Jandiala Guru Deputy Superintendent of Police Sukhwinderpal Singh said the challan in the case was yet to be filed as the investigation was under progress.