CHANDIGARH, Punjab—A week after granting anticipatory bail to Ex-DGP Sumedh Saini in the enforced disappearance case of Balwant Singh Multani, the Mohali Court headed by district and sessions judge Monika Goyal granted anticipatory bails to four more cops indicted in this case.
Interestingly, the Mohali police didn’t arrest these cops for two weeks and gave them ample time to secure anticipatory bails. They have been Har Sahai Sharma, Jagir Singh, Anoop Singh and Kuldip Singh.
It is learnt that the Mohali court has directed these cops to join the investigation into the case by physically appearing before the Investigating Officer within seven days. All these cops have also been directed to surrender their passports to the police.
It is pertinent to note here that two other cops named in this case namely Sub Inspector Satvir Singh and DSP Baldev Singh have passed away.
Case Background:
In 1991, the Chandigarh police had abducted Balwant Singh Multani from his residence immediately after an attack on Sumedh Saini in Chandigarh. Four cops deployed in the security of Saini were killed in this attack while he survived the attack.
In 2007, the Punjab & Haryana High Court had ordered a CBI inquiry. The CBI had found enough evidence against Sumedh Saini after which an FIR was registered against Sumedh Saini along with three other cops namely SP (Operations) Baldev Singh Saini, SI Harsahai Sharma and Jagir Singh on July 4, 2008.
Later, this FIR was quashed by the Supreme Court of India after Saini challenged CBI inquiry and the High Court’s decision.
On May 6, the Mohali police have registered a fresh FIR on the complaint of victim Balwant Singh Multani’s brother Palwinder Singh Multani against Sumedh Saini, SP (Operations) Baldev Singh Saini, SI Harsahai Sharma, SI Jagir Singh, SI Savir Singh, SI Anoop Singh, Kuldeep Singh and other unknown police cops.
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