CHANDIGARH, Punjab—After being denied anticipatory bail in the Punjab & Haryana High Court, former Punjab DGP Sumedh Saini approached the Supreme Court on September 11 seeking anticipatory bail so that he can evade arrest in the 1991’s Balwant Singh Multani abduction and murder case.
Pertinently, ex-DGP Sumedh Saini is facing murder charges in this case. The indictment of Sumedh Saini under murder charges became possible because two former cops namely Inspector Jagir Singh and Assistant Sub Inspector Kuldeep Singh, who are eyewitness of brutal torture on Multani, have turned approver in this case.
Their statements were recorded before the court under Section 164 of the CrPC i.e. on turning approver in this disappearance case.
Meanwhile, the Punjab police teams are allegedly conducting raids to arrest Sumedh Saini but they have not succeeded yet. A police team is learned to have questioned Saini’s wife in Delhi who revealed that Saini was not in touch with the family since August 22.
Keeping in view the Saini’s evading attitude, the Punjab police have filed a caveat to pre-empt Saini from getting any ex-parte relief from the top court which is likely to take up his plea next week.
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, while he survived the attack.
After abducting Balwant Singh Multani, the cops had committed inhuman torture on him at the behest of Sumedh Saini.
“During the night of December 13, 1991, the cops of Sector-17 police station produced Balwant Singh Multani before Sumedh Saini. He was tortured so cruelly that he was left unable to stand. When he fell down, Sumedh Saini kicked him so cruelly that his eye came out. Next morning, he was lying unconscious in a pool of blood. Saini came and ordered the cops to put him inside a vehicle and they took him along with them,” an eyewitness Gursharan Kaur Mann had revealed in May this year.
In 2007, the Punjab & Haryana High Court had ordered a CBI inquiry into this case. The CBI had found enough evidence against Sumedh Saini after which an FIR was registered against him, 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 had 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.
If the the Supreme Court give this murder bail then there should be wide spread marches across the whole globe.
he’s days are now numbered.