Non-bailable warrants against suspended Chandigarh woman cop

Ramkrishan Upadhyay
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, July 16

Advertisement

Dr Sushil Kumar Garg, special Judge, CBI court, has issued a non-bailable arrest warrants against suspended Inspector Jaswinder Kaur of the Chandigarh Police in a bribery case.

Jaswinder Kaur was booked by the CBI for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs5 lakh from Gurdeep Singh, a Mani Majra resident, in lieu of not registering a cheating case against him.

Graft case

Jaswinder Kaur was booked by the CBI for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs5 lakh from Gurdeep Singh, a Mani Majra resident, in lieu of not registering a cheating case against him.

SS Rathore, CBI Inspector, ACB, Chandigarh, filed the application in the court with the assistance of public prosecutor KP Singh. In the order, the CBI court said a non-bailable warrants of arrest should be issued against Jaswinder Kaur returnable on July 20.

In its application, the CBI said that accused Jaswinder Kaur, former SHO, Mani Majra, Chandigarh, and Bhagwan Singh, an alleged conduit¸ were booked under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption PC Act, 1988, on the charges of seeking Rs5-lakh bribe from Gurdeep Singh.

Later, the CBI had laid a trap on accused Bhagwan Singh, who was caught red-handed while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs1 lakh on behalf of former SHO Jaswinder Kaur.

The CBI said Jaswinder deliberately and intentionally absconded and did not join the CBI investigation in order to avoid her confrontation with accused Bhagwan Singh.

She even created a false evidence by making a false entry in the DDR at the Mani Majra police station vide DDR No. 32 dated June 30 at 11.38 am for going to join CBI investigation and another entry dated June 30 at 2.42 pm for her return to the police station.

The complainant, Gurdeep Singh, alleged that his signature was taken on a blank paper under pressure by Jaswinder Kaur. Raids were conducted at the residence of Jaswinder, but she could not be found and her mobile phone was found switched off. Letters were also sent to the senior officers of the Chandigarh Police for directing Jaswinder to join investigation.

It was informed by the Chandigarh Police that Jaswinder was transferred to the Police Lines, Sector 26, Chandigarh, but she had not reported for duty there.