The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the police firing incidents in the wake of the Bargari sacrilege case has summoned the Badal father-son duo and actor Akshay Kumar for questioning in connection with the investigation next week.
While former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has been asked to appear before the SIT on November 16, former Deputy Chief Minister and SAD president
Sukhbir Badal has been summoned on November 19 and actor Akshay Kumar has been asked to come on November 21 at the Circuit House in Amritsar.
The summon orders have been issued separately for the three, on behalf of SIT, by its member, IPG (Organised Crime Control Unit) Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh.
Singh said the summons relate to “investigation of cases originating from various incidents of sacrilege in the year 2015 (FIR No. 129, dated August 7, 2018, under
Sections 307, 323, 341, 148, 149 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 27 of the Arms Act at Police Station City Kotkapura in Faridkot District)”.
The summons have been issued under Section 160 of Code of the Criminal Procedure (CrPC), requiring attendance at investigation, relating to the Bargari sacrilege case and the Behbal Kalan and Kotkapura police firing incidents, he added.
The summons stated that the “presence of the aforesaid person is necessary for the purpose of inquiry into the above-mentioned offence” and the person summoned needed “to give such information relating to the said alleged offence as he may possess”.
The SIT had earlier examined the then IG Bathinda ADGP Jitendra Jain, the then Ludhiana Police Commissioner IGP Paramraj Singh Umaranangal, the then DIG Ferozepur Range IGP Amar Singh Chahal, the then Faridkot Deputy Commissioner MS Jaggi, the then Faridkot SSP SS Mann, the then Faridkot SDM VK Syal, besides the then Kotkapura MLA and SAD leader Mantar Singh Brar.
In addition, 50 private persons and more than 30 police officials of junior rank have also been examined.
The five-member SIT was set up by the Capt Amarinder Singh Government in September this year, soon after issuance of the notification to withdraw investigation of sacrilege incidents of Guru Granth Sahib from the CBI.
