The National Commission for Women has summoned Punjab Additional Chief Secretary Home, Nirmaljit Singh Kalsi, to depose before it on September 28 in a matter where a petitioned has sought reopening of much publicised French national Katia Darnand molestation and abduction case by highly influential politician of the State.
In a summons issued to the Additional Chief Secretary Home, the chairperson of the Commission, lalita Kumar Manglam said that it had received a petition from Gurpreet Kaur Bath of Delhi in which she has briefed about the incident occurred on Indian soil on August 31, 1994 in which seven persons had molested, abducted and held in illegal confinement a French national lady Katia Darnand. It was also briefed that these accused included high profile politicians and police officials.
The Commission expressed surprise that why the State Government did not appeal against the decision of the lower court to acquit the accused due to lack of evidence and sought explanation from the Home Secretary.
Home Secretary has been asked to appear before the commission personally on September 28 in Delhi office.
Meanwhile, Maheshinder Singh Grewal, general secretary of the Shiromani Akali Dal and Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Delhi MlA and general secretary of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) has welcomed the action of the commission and hoped that this case will now come to its logical conclusion and justice will be delivered to the foreign national Katia Darnand.