Shotgun bullet wounds cause of national shooter Sippy Sidhu’s death: Doc testifies

Wounds inflicted by bullets fired from a shotgun caused the death of 35-year-old national-level shooter and advocate Sukhmanpreet Singh Siddhu, alias Sippy Sidhu, revealed the prosecution witness, Dr Amandeep Singh, Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector-32, Chandigarh.

Dr Amandeep, who was part of the team that conducted the post-mortem of the deceased, was examined by the prosecution in the CBI court here today. The post-mortem report was released on September 21, 2015.

Sippy Sidhu was allegedly murdered in a park in Sector 27 on the night of 20 September, 2015.

During the examination-in-chief, Dr Amandeep was also shown the clothes of the deceased by the prosecution. Describing the injuries found on the body, he said the pellets were recovered from the victim’s body, sealed in a jar and handed over to the investigating officer. A broken plastic cushion was also found in the track of the wound.

The witness identified the signatures of the other doctors who were part of the post-mortem team.

The CBI arrested Kalyani Singh, on June 15, 2022, on the allegation that she murdered Sidhu. It had claimed in the chargesheet that Kalyani was seen talking to Sidhu and thereafter killing him with a firearm in the park.

The board of the doctors, who conducted the post-mortem, said “cause of death in this case in our opinion is haemorrhagic shock consequent of shotgun firearm ammunition injury as described in the report.”

Initially, the case was investigated by the Chandigarh Police. After sometime, it was transferred to the CBI. After six years of investigation, the CBI also failed to find the culprits and filed an un-trace report in December 2020, with the request to allow further investigation. However, the court did not accept the un-trace report and asked the CBI to further investigate the case.

The court has already framed charges against accused Kalyani for the offences punishable under Sections under 302, 120 B, 201 of the IPC and 25, 27 and 54 of the Arms Act.