Probe panel indicts DSP, but no FIR yet

PK Jaiswar

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, February 2

Despite the orders from the commission of inquiry, constituted by the state government to look into the false cases registered during the past decade, the city police have failed to register a theft case against a DSP-rank officer.

The orders were issued by the commission, headed by Justice Mehtab Singh Gill (retd), in November last year. The orders were forwarded to the Police Commissioner by the district attorney on January 17.

As the local police did not register an FIR against the DSP-rank officer, currently posted in Gurdaspur, complainant Naresh Kumar Dhami personally handed over the orders to Police Commissioner Dr Sukhchain Singh Gill. He also submitted the same to the Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Magistrate, who is the nodal officer, here on Friday. A copy of the order is with The Tribune.

In his complaint to the commission on June 5, 2017, Dhami had alleged that a police team, headed by the then SHO of Division ‘C’ police station, had raided his residence located in the Dhab Wasti Ram area in his absence. The SHO took away Rs 1.2 lakh, besides gold and diamond ornaments. The raid was conducted in December 2014 after falsely implicating him and his son Partap Dhami in a case of selling Chinese kite string.

Dhami said though the plastic kite string was recovered by the police from a shop on the first floor of his house, which he had rented out to Ramesh Kumar, their names were deliberately dragged into the case under political influence as he had some property dispute in which several political leaders were interested.

He said the police team without any reason raided his residence located on the third floor of the building. They broke open the doors and decamped with the cash and the jewellery, he added.

Police Commissioner Dr Sukhchain Singh Gill said they had not yet received any official approval from the state government regarding the registration of a case. “Approval is mandatory before registering an FIR against a police official. As soon as we get the requisite approval, an appropriate action would be taken,” he added.