SIT open to quizzing ex-CM wherever he wants

Jupinderjit Singh

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 12

The SIT is open to call former CM Parkash Singh Badal for questioning at a venue of his choice instead of Amritsar.

Under Section 160 of the CrPC, a cop cannot summon a person above the age of 65 to a place far away from his residence. The SAD has said there is no issue as far as the venue is concerned.

IG Kunwar Vijay Pratap, SITmember, said the former CM had a fleet of vehicles given by the government and was already travelling to different places. “But we won’t insist on examining him in Amritsar. We are open to meet him wherever he desires,” he said.

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