Suspended Mani Majra SHO surrenders in CBI court

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, July 25

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Former Mani Majra SHO Jaswinder Kaur, an accused in a graft case, today surrendered before the court of Dr Sushil Kumar Garg, Special Judge, CBI. The court sent her to a four-day police remand.

The case

Suspended Inspector Jaswinder Kaur, along with an alleged conduit, Bhagwan Singh, was booked by the CBI under Sections 7 and 7A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1998, and Sections 120-B and 467 of the IPC on June 29 this year for allegedly seeking Rs5-lakh bribe from a Mani Majra resident, Gurdeep Singh. Gurdeep had told the CBI that he had already paid Rs2 lakh to Jaswinder Kaur for not lodging a cheating case against him and was to pay Rs3 lakh more.

Suspended Inspector Jaswinder Kaur, along with an alleged conduit, Bhagwan Singh, was booked by the CBI under Sections 7 and 7A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1998, and Sections 120-B and 467 of the IPC on June 29 this year for allegedly seeking Rs5-lakh bribe from a Mani Majra resident, Gurdeep Singh.

Gurdeep had told the CBI that he had already paid Rs2 lakh to Jaswinder Kaur for not lodging a cheating case against him and was to pay Rs3 lakh more.

The investigation agency informed her to join the probe on June 30. However, she intentionally absconded and did not join the investigation. Her application for anticipatory bail was dismissed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on July 21. Finally, she surrendered before the CBI court today.

KP Singh, Public Prosecutor for the CBI, submitted that the police remand of the accused cop was required to unearth a larger conspiracy between Jaswinder Kaur, Bhagwan Singh and other accused.

The prosecution submitted that Jaswinder Kaur had allegedly demanded and received a bribe through Bhagwan Singh, who was already in judicial custody. Accordingly, KP Singh prayed for grant of a five-day police remand of the accused.

On the other hand, the counsel for the cop submitted that she had been falsely implicated in the case.

“In order to unearth a larger conspiracy between Jaswinder Kaur, Bhagwan Singh and other accused, the police remand of the cop was required to be granted. The remand is also required as there is a recorded conversation between her and Bhagwan Singh. Accordingly, the police remand of the accused is granted to the CBI for four days, up to July 29,” ordered the court. On an application moved by the counsels for the accused, the court allowed one of them to meet the accused for one hour daily (from 5 pm to 6 pm) while she is in police custody