SIT to probe Dalit boy’s murder

Amritsar, April 28

Raj Kumar Hans and Deepak Kumar, members of the Punjab State SC Commission, on Tuesday visited Circuit House here and listened to the grievances of the members.

The commission received a complaint from Sukhwinder Kaur, wife of late Jasbir Singh, of Bhangwa village in Majitha. Sukhwinder said her son, Sandeep Singh, was killed by some persons of the village and she lodged a complaint with the police. Taking stern notice of the police inaction, a two-member SIT was constituted to probe the murder and directed the SIT members to submit a complete report to the commission by June 3.

Commission member Raj Kumar Hans said SDM Majitha and Assistant Superintendent of Police Abhimanyu Rana would investigate the murder case and submits the report to the commission. Hans directed that the autopsy report in this case should also be submitted to the commission immediately.

The members heard the complaints related to the SC community and directed the officers to resolve the issues on the spot. — TNS