Congress leader Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said that the appointment of DSP in probing the charges against his senior SSP officer was done by the Punjab government with an intention to “delay and deviate” the course of investigation into the October 14 firing incident.
Referring to the ADGP IPS Sahota’s recent reported statement that a Deputy Superintendent of Police rank officer will investigate the police firing in Faridkot in which two Sikhs were killed and over 70 others were injured, Mr Singh said that it was “not a simple” case of murder.
Congress Deputy Leader in Lok Sabha said, “How can a DSP inquire and investigate against an Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), who is two ranks senior to him?” he asked.
The Congress leader said that this was yet another attempt by the state government to either “hush” the matter, or “delay and deviate” the course of investigation.
Mr Singh pointed out that in this case, an SSP rank officer is an accused, who ordered the firing.
The former Chief Minister maintained that from day one, the intentions of the government appears to be not reaching to the truth, but shielding the guilty who ordered firing on peaceful protesters killing two of them. - PTI
