Amritsar police book 3 cops in Jandiala Guru ‘encounter’ case

PK Jaiswar

Tribune news service

Amritsar, July 17

The police have finally booked three ASIs in the Jandiala Guru ‘encounter’ case in which a Hoshiarpur resident was shot dead in an ‘encounter’ by the CIA staff on December 8, 2020.

The CIA staff was holding a naka at Jandiala Guru toll plaza following snatching of a car from a DSP-rank officer in the Putlighar area here when they received the information from the Ambala police that a man had snatched an SUV from there and was heading towards Amritsar via Ludhiana and Jalandhar.

He was shot dead by the cops near Jandiala in an ‘encounter’. Fingers were raised over the police theory following the encounter. A magisterial probe was ordered that gave a clean chit to the cops. 

The family approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court alleging that the probe was just eyewash to save the accused cops. 

The police have registered a case of culpable homicide and destruction of evidence against ASI Vinod Kumar, ASI Darshan Singh and ASI Surinder Kumar.