Lawrence Bishnoi Jail Interview Row | HC Asks Punjab Govt To Appoint Justice Rajiv N. Raina As Enquiry Officer To Probe Role Of Police Officials
Live LawThe Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the Punjab Government to consider appointing former High Court judge Justice Rajiv Narain Raina, Former Judge of this Court as the Inquiry Officer to probe the role of delinquent senior officials of the Punjab Police in facilitating the interview of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal and Justice Lapita Banerji said, "The Government shall consider appointing Justice Rajiv Narain Raina, Former Judge of this Court as the Inquiry Officer. After SIT was constituted by the High Court, it revealed that 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. Previously, the High Court asked the Punjab Government to take strict action against the delinquent officer of the Punjab Police who helped the jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in giving the TV interview from police custody in Kharar's Crime Intelligence Agency, which tends to glorify crime.