SIT struggles to make headway in Singhu killing

Gurbaxpuri

Tarn Taran, October 29

Raj Kaur, sister of Lakhbir Singh, of Cheema Kalan has expressed anguish over failure of the SIT to identify the source that established his contacts with the “high-ups” and the person who took him to the Delhi border.

Lakhbir, 40, was murdered by Nihangs on October 15 at the Singhu border over alleged sacrilege. The state government had on October 20 formed a three-member special investigation team (SIT). Tarn Taran SSP Harvinder Singh Virk, an SIT member, has already made it clear the SIT has been mandated only to gather information regarding the contacts of the deceased and who took him to the Delhi border. He said as the FIR had been registered by the Panipat police, it was their mandate to probe the matter.

The team today recorded the statements of as many as 40 persons from the village and nearby areas but nothing concrete had come out so far, said the SSP. Non-availability of a personal mobile set of Lakhbir was a major impediment in the investigation. His sister claimed: “My brother didn’t committ sacrilege as no video has surfaced to day to support the charge.” Meanwhile, a five-member ‘fact finding committee’ formed by the SKM too is clueless about those who took Lakhbir to Delhi.