2 more acquitted in Rashtriya Sikh Sangat chief Rulda Singh's murder

A local court on Tuesday acquitted Jagtar Singh Tara and Ramandeep Singh Goldy in the 2009 murder case of Rashtriya Sikh Sangat (RSS) chief Rulda Singh, who was shot dead by two unidentified men on a bike. The Punjab Police are yet to solve the crime mystery that they believed to be an international conspiracy.

Jagtar Singh Tara and Ramandeep Singh Goldy’s counsel Barjinder Singh Sodhi claimed the police failed to prove their involvement in Rulda Singh’s murder. “The court has cleared my counsels as police failed to present any evidence to link them to the case,” he added.

Rulda Singh was shot outside his residence in Patiala on July 28, 2009. He was rushed to the local Rajindra Hospital and from there to the PGI, Chandigarh, where he died on August 15, 2009. The police registered a case against unidentified persons on July 29, 2009.

In 2015, a local court in Patiala had acquitted Darshan Singh Makaropur, Jagmohan Singh, Daljeet Singh, Gurjant Singh and Amarjeet Singh, who were also represented by Sodhi.

Meanwhile, a trial against Jagtar Singh Tara and another alleged Khalistan Tigers Force terrorist Ramandeep Singh Goldy was pending and they were acquitted of all charges in the case today. Now all seven accused in the case have been acquitted by courts in Patiala.

The Patiala police had claimed that two persons who shot dead Rulda Singh had come from the UK. They escaped after the murder. “Five persons had facilitated their stay in India,” claim Patiala police investigations. The police had claimed that those five persons were paid by the assassins for their role.

Based on the probe in Patiala, India had sought extradition of Piara Singh Gill, Amritivir Singh Wahiwala and Gursharanvir Singh Wahiwala. They were arrested on December 21, 2020, and put up for extradition by the UK Home Office. However, the judge said the evidence was not sufficient for him to examine the extradition request. All of them were later acquitted.