The Punjab Police on Friday ordered an enquiry into bigamy allegations against controversial former Gurdaspur SP Salwinder Singh, who is already under a cloud of suspicion in connection with the Pathankot airbase attack.
“A fact-finding enquiry has been instituted by the DGP, Punjab, on the news items regarding the statement of a Tanda-based woman who has levelled allegations of bigamy” against Salwinder Singh, a Punjab Police release said.
The enquiry will be conducted by senior woman IPS officer Dhanpreet Kaur, who is Senior Superintendent of Police of Hoshiarpur, and she has been asked to submit a report at the earliest.
A woman, resident of Tanda in Hoshiarpur district, has alleged that she was the second wife of Salwinder Singh with the marriage having taken place in private in April 1994.
She has claimed that she had resided with the SP at his various places of postings including Dera Baba Nanak and Amritsar. The marriage was never made public by the SP, she has alleged, adding in September 1999 a son was also born.
The woman has claimed that she had made various complaints to the police in the past but no action was taken on them.