Panel set up to probe ‘sexual assault’ in jail

Gagan K Teja

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Tribune News Service

Patiala, June 29

After the prime accused in the Ekam murder case, Seerat, alleged sexual assault by the Jail Superintendent of the New District Jail, Nabha, ADGP (Prisons) Gaurav Yadav has constituted a three-member panel comprising DIG (Prisons) Surinder Singh Saini, Superintendent of Ludhiana Women Jail Damanjeet Kaur Walia and Superintendent from headquarters Paramjit Kaur. The team has been asked to submit the report within four days.

IG (Prisons) RK Arora confirmed the development and said the team had been given four days to submit its report.

As per information, Seerat, who was the prime accused in the Ekam Dhillon murder case in which she allegedly shot dead her husband, stashed his body in a suitcase, placed it in a car and then vanished, has complained to the ADGP (Prisons) that the Jail Superintendent of the New Nabha Jail had called her to his room and after sending the woman constable away, had allegedly sexually assaulted her but she resisted his move and later made a complaint to the ADGP (Prisons) on the phone.

Saini informed that he had gone to Nabha Jail and recorded the statements of all the jail officials. However, I could not record the statement of the complainant as she had gone to Mohali for a court evidence. We will submit the report after recording the statements of everybody concerned and will be doing detailed investigation in the case.

Meanwhile, Seerat’s advocate Manjinder Singh Brar informed that he had even met the DGP (Prisons) on Tuesday in this regard and now they were waiting for the department to complete the probe. “Once we receive a copy of the report, we will decide the future course of action,” he added.