:dateline:On April 7th, a�petition regarding the false encounters committed by Punjab police during the last two�decades was withdrawn from�the Punjab and Haryana High Court. This petition had been filed in the�High Court by a niece of Shaheed Bhagat Singh and a widow of a martyred Singh on the basis of important information�divulged�by Gurmeet Pinky, a police�informant (CAT), who became a�police officer.
Last year in May, journalist, Kanwar Sandhu had released a series of interviews with Gurmeet Pinky. �In the interviews, Pinky named�several senior ranking Punjab police officials as having�carried out the murders of innocent Sikhs across Punjab. �At that time, Pinky stated that the information he revealed was�only 1% of what he knew.�He stated that in the future, he would reveal other facts. �Shortly, however, Pinky completely reversed his stance and stated that he was interviewed under pressure.
Along with the petition, an affidavit had been submitted to depose�Gurmeet Pinky before the�Court. The petitioners had sought a�judicial investigation�into the false�encounters committed by the Punjab police.�However, Gurmeet Pinky�s backtracking weakened the basis of their petition, which caused them to withdraw it. The petitioners are being represented by�Advocate Rajwinder Singh Bains.
