Ludhiana, November 29: Former DGP Sumedh Singh Saini today filed an application in a local court, requesting it to hear him before taking a decision on the closure report filed by the Vigilance Bureau in the City Centre case.
The VB has already given the clean chit to Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh and sought closure of the case. Taking the application on record, Sessions Judge Gurbir Singh asked the state government to file reply on December 7.
Saini has sought permission to submit certain information in a sealed cover, “which is sensitive for the kind perusal of the court”.
In his application filed through lawyer Ramandeep Sandhu, Saini has submitted that he headed the Vigilance Bureau from March 2007 to March 2012 as Director (IGP) and as Chief Director (ADGP).
He was serving in the bureau at the time when FIR No. 05/2007 was registered in Ludhiana and when the final police report under Section 173(2) CrPC was submitted before the trial court on December 12, 2007.
The former DGP submitted that notice be kindly issued to him to make his submissions in order to assist this court for a fair and just adjudication of the case.
“A contrary view has been taken after an inexplicable delay of 10 years by the VB. The view is contradictory not only to the FIR, but also to a report under Section 173(2) submitted after detailed investigation,” he maintained.
Source Tribune India
