Tarn Taran case: Cops form SIT to trace eyewitness

 Tarn Taran , November 24

With no trace of Jagjit Singh, a key witness in the Tarn Taran assault case, the police today registered a case under Section 365 (abduction) of the IPC on his wife Ramandeep Kaur's statement.Manmohan Lal Sharma, SSP, said a three-member special investigating team (SIT) under Rashpal Singh Ghuman, SP (Investigation), had been formed to locate the missing Jagjit Singh.

The police are clueless about the whereabouts of Jagjit Singh who has been missing since the past four days. Jagjit Singh had taped the beating up of a Dalit girl by a policeman in Tarn Taran last year. He was provided security on the directions of the Supreme Court, including a security guard with the Chandigarh Police.

Ramandeep Kaur said that Jagjit Singh had written several times to the authorities that his security be withdrawn as it had affected his livelihood with none ready to hire him because of the guards. Jagjit Singh, a Dalit, had no accommodation for the security personnel.  — OC