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[Lawrence Bishnoi Jail Interview Row] HC Seeks Clarification Over DGP's Press Statement That Bishnoi Was Not Lodged In Punjab Prison During Interview

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the Punjab DGP, to clarify on what basis he had given statements in a press conference that gangster Lawrence Bishnoi was not confined in Punjab Prisons during his controversial TV interview from jail.In March 2023, wherein the Punjab DGP reportedly denied that the interview of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi was from any jail in Punjab.After SIT. The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the Punjab DGP, to clarify on what basis he had given statements in a press conference that gangster Lawrence Bishnoi was not confined in Punjab Prisons during his controversial TV interview from jail. After SIT was constituted by the High Court, it revealed in August that gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's first interview "glorifying crime and criminals" was conducted when he was in Punjab's Kharar CIA premises and the second interview was in a Jaipur jail. During the hearing, AG Punjab Gurminder Singh submitted that "in terms of the report of the SIT headed by Mr. Prabodh Kumar, Special Director General of Police, which had indicated connivance of certain police officers, the State Government taking serious view of the matter has decided to dismiss Mr. Gursher Singh, Deputy Superintendent of Police, by invoking powers under Article 311 of the Constitution of India."

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