Will seek spl courts for PO cases: Capt

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, November 12

Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has assured the diaspora settled abroad to take up with the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court as well as the Central Government the issue of setting up special courts to expeditiously settle cases of those who had been declared proclaimed offenders (POs) after fleeing Punjab during terrorism.

He was responding to a request from a group of NRIs during celebrations to mark the 550th Parkash Purb of Guru Nanak last evening.

The NRIs expressed concern that many of those who had immigrated were unable to visit Punjab and pay respects at the Golden Temple or other holy places as they had been declared POs on account of their inability to appear before courts in certain cases.

The CM said he would discuss with the Chief Justice the possibility of setting up a special court to resolve such cases expeditiously. He further said he would take up with the Centre the possibility of setting up such special courts at a few Indian missions abroad, such as the UK, the US, Canada, Germany and France, where a large Punjabi population resided.