Chandigarh, July 12: As many as 190 complaints out of 337 have been settled by the Justice Mehtab Singh Gill Commission, according to the eighth interim report submitted to Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh here on Thursday.
The commission was set up to look into the alleged false cases registered against people during the previous SAD-BJP regime. The Punjab Police have so far filed cancellation reports of FIRs in 126 cases.
In seven cases, action has been taken against erring police officers, while compensation has been processed in 17 cases, as per the feedback received by the commission from the nodal officers. Further, compliance of the orders has been made in 21 cases and proceedings under Section 182 of the IPC have been initiated in 19 cases.
The maximum FIR cancellations have been initiated in Ludhiana (13), Tarn Taran (12), Ferozepur and Amritsar (11 each). Amritsar also has the maximum of six cases in which action has been taken under Section 182 of the IPC, while Ludhiana has six cases in which compensation has been processed, followed by Amritsar (five). As far as compliance is concerned, Kapurthala leads with eight cases. Ludhiana has seen the maximum cases (four) of action taken against erring police officers.
For grant of compensation to the aggrieved persons, reports have been prepared and forwarded to the government for consideration of the quantum of relief to be awarded, according to Justice (retd) Mehtab Singh Gill.
On the remaining recommendations, the nodal officers are complying with the directions of the commission to implement the same and are submitting the progress reports, he adds.
In its eighth report, the commission has dismissed 216 complaints and allowed nine, taking the total number of complaints accepted so far to 337. Of the total 1,299 complaints examined so far, 962 were dismissed on various grounds.
Source Tribune India
