Why murder case not filed,HC asks Punjab Police

Taking note,the High Court has issued notices to Punjab asking why the murder case has not been registered till now. Also,the High Court,as demanded by the father,has asked Punjab Police why the investigation of the case should not be not handed over to an independent agency,the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Bains has submitted that he has no faith in Punjab Police and that the case should be handed over to an independent agency like the CBI. Days after DIG Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh had given his report,the Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) refused to accept the “recommendation” and ordered the constitution of a special investigation team (SIT).

Taking strong note of this,Punjab Deputy Secretary (Home Affairs & Justice) O P Bhatia had ordered the immediate disbanding of the SIT. Opining that the constitution of the SIT would “lead to tampering with the evidence”,the deputy secretary had ordered the upholding of the “recommendation” of registration of a murder case by the DIG.

The developments had taken place as a fallout of a petition filed by Gurbax Singh Bains,a local lawyer who had alleged that his son had been “murdered” in an accident by three youths. One of the “assailants”,the father had alleged before the High Court,is the son of a former Patiala Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM).

The father had alleged that since the then Patiala SDM is an influential person,he managed to save his son and his son’s friends and rather projected that his (SDM’s) son had suffered serious injuries in the accident. It has also been alleged that with the help of the Rajpura police,a case of rash and negligent driving and culpable homicide not amounting to murder was registered against a truck driver who was not at fault.

Personal enmity between his son and the SDM’s son has been alleged to be the motive behind the “murder”. Pursuant to directions from the Punjab Home Secretary last year,the inquiry was got conducted by the DIG.