The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has sought response from the Punjab government and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a petition filed by a Mohali resident seeking a CBI probe into a criminal case registered against controversial deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Gursher Singh Sandhu.
“He is in a position to influence the investigation and obstruct fair trial. The petitioner has serious concern that the accused may go scot free on account of lackadaisical approach of police authorities, who have so far been protecting the accused,” the plea stated, demanding that the probe be transferred to the CBI. The HC bench of Justice Sanjay Vashisth has sought responses from the respondents by September 7 on a plea filed by Baljinder Singh, the complainant in an FIR registered by the Punjab Police in Mohali on October 15, 2024, against Sandhu under the Prevention of Corruption Act and other sections. The plea claims that despite registration of the FIR in October 2024, Sandhu has not been arrested.
Later, he discovered that the accused had allegedly forged his signatures to file complaints and entered into compromises with the concerned parties after taking substantial sums of money, the petition claimed.
Singh, a realtor, has told the court that to ensure a fair and impartial investigation into the October 2024 FIR, the case should be handed over to the CBI, as the police authorities were “hand in glove” with the accused, who is a highly influential DSP of the Punjab Police. He added that he came to know of the alleged “misuse” only after receiving notices from the court in connection with a civil suit.
