PPunjab Police has set up a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the female drug inspector Neha Shourie’s murder case.
The SIT, headed by IGP Rupnagar Range V Neeraja, comprise of SAS Nagar (Mohali) Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) HS Bhullar, Rupnagar SSP Swapan Sharma, Additional Deouty Commissioner (General) Jagwinder Singh, and Assistant Drug Controller (under Punjab Health Department) Sanjeev Garg.
A 40-year-old female drug inspector Shourie, posted at Kharar Drug and Food Control Lab was shot dead after a chemist shop owner Balwinder Singh barged into her office and opened fire at her. Singh, who tried to escape from the spot after the incident, was caught by the crowd outside the office and later committed suicide by shooting himself with a pistol.
Initial investigations have revealed that the accused ran a chemist shop in Morida, and the woman drug inspector had cancelled his license.
The SIT has been asked to carry out expeditious and thorough investigations into the murder of the deceased, including all the facts and circumstances leading to the incident, conduct enquiry into the issue of arms license to accused Balwinder Singh (deceased) and the role of different agencies or officers in the issue of arms license to the accused.
Besides, it would investigate the sale of weapon by the concerned arms dealer and look into any other relevant connected issue to the incident as well as the circumstances leading to it.