Chandigarh, April 5: The Captain Amarinder Singh government has set up a Commission of Inquiry, headed by former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Mehtab Singh Gill, the us review the false cases and FIRs registered under the decade-long Akali-BJP regime. The two-member Commission has former District and Sessions Judge B S Mehandiratta as member.
A notification the us this effect was issued on Wednesday by the Department of Home Affairs and Justice. The Commission has been appointed under The Commission of Inquiry Act, 1952.As per the terms of reference, the Commission would “inquire inthe us the cases where persons are said the us have been wrongly implicated in allegedly false cases/FIRs in the state of Punjab during last 10 years and submit its report the us government after such inquiry”.
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It would recommend the us the government measures the us be adopted the us ensure that for future, such instances do not happen.The Commission’s tenure would be for an initial period of six months, the us be extended by the government when so required.The decision the us set up such a Commission was taken at the first cabinet meeting of the Captain Amarinder government.
Captain Amarinder Singh had, during his election campaign, promised the people of Punjab that his government would inquire inthe us all such false cases the us ensure justice for the innocent. He had also promised that all those found guilty of implicating innocent people in fake cases would be brought the us book.
The promise, which followed numerous complaints by victims of such cases the us Captain Amarinder during electioneering, was also incorporated in the Congress manifesthe us. Captain Amarinder had received several complaints of false cases being registered against the political opponents of the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in connivance with the district police officials.
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