CBI court issues notice to state of Punjab in Bargari sacrilege case

Sanjay Bumbroo
Tribune News Service
Mohali, July 8

The Special CBI Court here on Wednesday issued notices to the state of Punjab on the appeal filed by the CBI for restraining Special Investigating Team (SIT) constituted by the state government for investigating the Behbal Kalan and Bargari sacrilege cases of 2015.

Special Judicial Magistrate, CBI, GS Sekhon, while adjourning the case to July 10, said, ” I found that this application has been filed by the CBI, with a request for issuance of notice and calling the report from the Special Investigating Team of Punjab Police, with regard to parallel investigation in sacrilege cases in violation of the established law.

The CBI Special Public Prosecutor said the SIT of Punjab Police/state of Punjab may be restrained from conducting parallel investigation in the three cases i.e., FIR no 63 dated June 2, 2015, FIR no 117 dated September 9, 2015 and FIR no 128 dated October 12, 2015 with regard to the Behbal Kalan and Bargari sacrilege cases registered in district Faridkot.

The Public Prosecutor said that disposal of review petition pending  adjudication before the Supreme Court of India and pass order as deemed fit in the view of the facts and circumstances of the case in the interest of justice.

It is pertinent to mention here that Punjab Government had constituted a five-member state’s Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Prabodh Kumar, Director, Bureau of Investigations (BOI), to probe the incidents at Behbal Kalan and Kotkapura on September 10, 2018.

Counsel for the complainants in the case confirmed that he had received the notices from CBI court and would file their reply on the said date.