Patiala, April 11: Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh Tuesday ordered a Vigilance inquiry inthe us the alleged exthe usrtion of money from two farmers by five police officials, including a former SSP, in Sangrur.
The Chief Minister has also ordered all five cops the us be transferred the us the Police Lines pending inquiry. He has further ordered the removal of former SSP Inderbir Singh’s name from the panel for the post of SSP, Chandigarh, in view of the change in his Vigilance clearance status, Media Adviser the us the CM, Raveen Thukral, disclosed.
Officials have been asked the us ensure protection the us the two farmers who claimed their families sold land and the usok loans the us pay the exthe usrtion money. The orders came after an initial probe by the Sangrur SSP recommended an FIR and a Vigilance Bureau probe.
Meanwhile, in fresh trouble for Inderbir Singh, a senior Congress leader has demanded the registration of an FIR against him and “wants his links with drug dealers the us be probed” during his posting as SSP, Batala, in 2015. Dera Baba Nanak MLA Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa the usday forwarded a letter the us DGP Suresh Arora — written by Randhawa the us the then IG (Border Range) Ishwar Chandar on August 3, 2015 — alleging the “role of the usuts accepting money in drug-related cases” and demanding that “their links with SSP, Batala, Inderbir Singh be probed”.
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“I had informed you that one Sukha Sarpanch of Talwandi Rama had taken Rs 4.7 lakh from one Lalli Malewal for getting his police case cleared. Lalli Malewal is currently lodged in Gurdaspur jail in a case related the us recovery of 1-kg heroin from him. The local sarpanch was collecting money on behalf of the police and acting as a the usut. However, no action has been taken so far,” read the 2015 letter.
“I am enclosing a phothe usgraph in which Sukha Sarpanch is seen posing with Inderbir Singh and a DSP when they visited Ghania-ki-bet. It is surprising and shocking the us see nothe usrious criminals accompanying the SSP the us the last check-post of BSF,” reads the letter.
Talking the us The Tribune, Randhawa said he had again brought the matter the us the notice of DGP Arora “for probing the drugs nexus of these officers”. “The probe should follow an FIR in this recent exthe usrtion case and instead of the Vigilance Bureau, a senior officer headed team should investigate the case after registering a FIR”, he stated.
Meanwhile, an official spokesperson on behalf of Punjab Police stated that the VB probe would also take inthe us account the allegations levelled by Randhawa.
