Behbal Kalan police firing: Three years on, SIT yet to file a fresh chargesheet
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Behbal Kalan police firing: Three years on, SIT yet to file a fresh chargesheet

Hindustan Times  

Even three years after its reconstitution, the special investigation team led by inspector general of police Naunihal Singh has failed to conclude its probe into the 2015 Behbal Kalan police firing case and submit a supplementary chargesheet. On October 14, 2015, two protesters, Gurjeet Singh of Sarawan village and Krishan Bhagwan Singh of Niamiwala village in Faridkot district, were killed in Behbal Kalan while several were injured in Kotkapura The case dates back to October 14, 2015, when police opened fire at people protesting at Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan against a sacrilege incident that had taken place at Bargari in Faridkot district. While two protesters, Gurjeet Singh of Sarawan village and Krishan Bhagwan Singh of Niamiwala village in Faridkot district, were killed in Behbal Kalan, several were injured in Kotkapura. On the other hand, SIT led by ADGP Yadav filed a chargesheet against former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, his son and former deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal and six police officers, including ex-DGP Saini in the Kotkapura firing case in February 2023.

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Punjab: Firing victims’ kin term Behbal Kalan case transfer AAP govt’s failure
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Punjab: Firing victims’ kin term Behbal Kalan case transfer AAP govt’s failure

Hindustan Times  

After the Punjab and Haryana high court transferred the 2015 Behbal Kalan firing case from Faridkot to Chandigarh on Friday, family members of the victims termed it the failure of the Aam Aadmi Party government to pursue the matter properly in court in Punjab. The family members of Krishan Bhagwan Singh, who along with another anti-Bargari sacrilege protester was killed …

HC transfers Behbal Kalan firing case from Faridkot to Chandigarh
6 months, 3 weeks ago

HC transfers Behbal Kalan firing case from Faridkot to Chandigarh

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday transferred the trial in the 2015 Behbal Kalan firing case from Faridkot to Chandigarh. The case was registered on October 21, 2015, a week after two protesters were killed allegedly in the police firing at Behbal Kalan in the aftermath of the sacrilege incidents. The incidents followed three incidents of sacrilege with …

Behbal Kalan firing case: Accused SP files application in court for dropping of proceedings
8 months ago

Behbal Kalan firing case: Accused SP files application in court for dropping of proceedings

Hindustan Times  

Superintendent of police Bikramjit Singh, who is an accused in the 2015 Behbal Kalan firing case, has filed an application in the Faridkot court for dropping the proceedings in the case “due to non-compliance” of orders issued by the Punjab and Haryana high court while disposing of the petitions filed by other accused. The matter was adjourned to April 30 …

2015 Kotkapura police firing case: Court directs SIT to file status report on probe before next hearing
9 months, 2 weeks ago

2015 Kotkapura police firing case: Court directs SIT to file status report on probe before next hearing

Hindustan Times  

A Faridkot court directed the special investigation team probing the 2015 Kotkapura police firing case to submit a status report on further investigation in the case before the next date of hearing on March 11. SIT-led by ADGP LK Yadav had submitted a 130-page fourth supplementary chargesheet against six accused, including Sukhbir Singh Badal and former director general of police …

2015 Kotkapura police firing case: SIT chargesheet lacks evidence, says Sukhbir Badal’s counsel in court
9 months, 3 weeks ago

2015 Kotkapura police firing case: SIT chargesheet lacks evidence, says Sukhbir Badal’s counsel in court

Hindustan Times  

Terming the special investigation team supplementary chargesheet in the 2015 Kotkapura police firing case a “political document”, Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal’s counsel RS Cheema argued in court that the probe agency has brought no evidence on record to substantiate the claims made against Sukhbir. Subkhbir Badal’s counsel said that a sinister assertion has been made in the …

2015 Kotkapura firing: Sukhbir, Saini hatched deep-rooted conspiracy to take political benefits, says SIT’s supplementary chargesheet
9 months, 3 weeks ago

2015 Kotkapura firing: Sukhbir, Saini hatched deep-rooted conspiracy to take political benefits, says SIT’s supplementary chargesheet

Hindustan Times  

The special investigation team probing the 2015 post-sacrilege police firing incident at Kotkapura observed in its findings that Shiromani Akali Dal president and then deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and former director general of police Sumedh Singh Saini had ‘hatched a deep-rooted conspiracy to take political benefits of dera Sacha Sauda premis in elections.’ The 130-page supplementary chargesheet was …

Behbal Kalan Firing: IG Umranangal moves plea wants charges dropped
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Behbal Kalan Firing: IG Umranangal moves plea wants charges dropped

Hindustan Times  

Inspector general of police Paramraj Singh Umranangal moved the court of additional district and sessions judge, Faridkot, on Monday, seeking that the proceedings against him be dropped on grounds of “want of sanction” in the 2015 Behbal Kalan firing case. The co-accused in the case, former Moga senior superintendent of police Charanjit Singh Sharma and former Faridkot SSP Sukhminder Singh …

SIT probes into Behbal Kalan, Kotkapura firing cases complete, says Punjab minister Harjot Bains
11 months, 4 weeks ago

SIT probes into Behbal Kalan, Kotkapura firing cases complete, says Punjab minister Harjot Bains

Hindustan Times  

Punjab cabinet minister Harjot Singh Bains on Saturday announced that the investigations of the special investigation teams into the 2015 Behbal Kalan and Kotkapura firing cases have been completed. Sukhraj Singh, son of Krishan Bhagwan Singh who was killed in police firing at Behbal Kalan on October 14, 2015, on Saturday lifted his indefinite dharna at the incident site by …

Behbal Kalan police firing: SIT files fresh status report, victim’s son ends 2-year stir
1 year ago

Behbal Kalan police firing: SIT files fresh status report, victim’s son ends 2-year stir

Hindustan Times  

The special investigation team led by the inspector general of police Naunihal Singh probing the Behbal Kalan firing on Friday submitted a fresh sealed status report in the court of additional session judge Rajiv Kalra. Following the submission of the status report, Krishan Bhagwan’s son Sukhraj Singh, who has been on a sit-in protest for more than two years at …

Behbal Kalan firing: SIT seeks more time to submit status report on allegations against ex-SIT member
1 year ago

Behbal Kalan firing: SIT seeks more time to submit status report on allegations against ex-SIT member

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab police special investigation team probing the 2015 Behbal Kalan firing case on Saturday sought more time to file a response on allegations levelled by the father of a victim against Aam Aadmi Party legislator and former inspector general of police Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, who is also an ex-SIT member, for giving consent to granting pardon to a …

Punjab ex-DGP Saini furnishes bail bonds in Kotkapura firing case
1 year ago

Punjab ex-DGP Saini furnishes bail bonds in Kotkapura firing case

Hindustan Times  

Former director general of police Sumedh Singh Saini on Friday furnished bail bonds in the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class Ajay Pal Singh in the 2015 Kotkapura firing case. In September, the Punjab and Haryana high court had granted anticipatory bail to Saini along with former deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and five other cops in the case. …

Kotkapura firing: HC grants anticipatory bail to Sukhbir, ex-DGP Saini, five other cops
1 year, 2 months ago

Kotkapura firing: HC grants anticipatory bail to Sukhbir, ex-DGP Saini, five other cops

Hindustan Times  

Chandigarh : The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday granted anticipatory bail to former deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, then DGP Sumedh Singh Saini and five other cops in the 2015 FIR registered in the Kotkapura police firing case. The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday granted anticipatory bail to former deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, …

2015 Kotkapura firing: SIT uses AI-powered system, but fails to identify violence suspects
1 year, 3 months ago

2015 Kotkapura firing: SIT uses AI-powered system, but fails to identify violence suspects

Hindustan Times  

Faridkot : Nearly eight years after the post-sacrilege police firing incident at Kotkapura in Faridkot district, the special investigation team led by ADGP LK Yadav checked criminal database with the use of the Punjab Artificial Intelligence System but failed to identify suspects involved in violence during the incident, officials familiar with the matter said. Nearly eight years after the post-sacrilege …

2015 Kotkapura police firing: Punjab govt gives nod to prosecute Badals, 6 others
1 year, 7 months ago

2015 Kotkapura police firing: Punjab govt gives nod to prosecute Badals, 6 others

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab home department has given its nod to prosecute eight accused, including former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son and former deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal in the 2015 Kotkapura police firing case. The 2,400-page supplementary chargesheet was filed against Badal Senior, Sukhbir, former director general of police Sumedh Singh Saini, suspended inspector general of police Paramraj …

Kotkapura firing: SIT files supplementary chargesheet against Badals, former DGP
1 year, 7 months ago

Kotkapura firing: SIT files supplementary chargesheet against Badals, former DGP

India Today  

A Special Investigation Team headed by Additional Director General of Police L K Yadav submitted a 2,400 page supplementary chargesheet of the Kotkapura firing case to a court in Faridkot, naming former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Home Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and then DGP Sumedh Singh Saini. On the orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in …

Kotkapura Firing Case: Punjab Police SIT Urges People to Share Additional Information
1 year, 8 months ago

Kotkapura Firing Case: Punjab Police SIT Urges People to Share Additional Information

News 18  

Punjab Police's Special Investigation Team probing the 2015 Kotkapura police firing incident on Monday invited people to share any additional information related to the case on April 6. Earlier, SIT head Additional Director General of Police L K Yadav had asked people to share relevant information, which may have a bearing upon the case by personally meeting him in his …

Kotkapura Police firing case: HC grants anticipatory bail to Sukhbir
1 year, 9 months ago

Kotkapura Police firing case: HC grants anticipatory bail to Sukhbir

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to Shiromani Akali Dal leader and the former deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal in the 2015 Kotkapura police firing case. On March 16, a Faridkot court dismissed Sukhbir’s anticipatory bail plea but granted interim protection from arrest to Sukhbir’s father and former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on …

Punjab: SIT summons SAD president Sukhbir Badal in 2015 Kotkapura police firing case
2 years, 3 months ago

Punjab: SIT summons SAD president Sukhbir Badal in 2015 Kotkapura police firing case

Firstpost  

In police firing at protesters in October that year, two people were killed in Behbal Kalan and some people were injured in Kotkapura Chandigarh: A Punjab Police Special Investigation Team probing the 2015 Kotkapura police firing incident has summoned Shiromani Akali Dal president and the then deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal to appear before it on 30 August for …

Behbal Kalan firing: Proceeding not to move forward until SIT files charge sheet in Kotkapura case, says Faridkot court
2 years, 4 months ago

Behbal Kalan firing: Proceeding not to move forward until SIT files charge sheet in Kotkapura case, says Faridkot court

Hindustan Times  

The Faridkot district and sessions court said that the proceedings in the Behbal Kalan firing case will not move further in the trial court until the charge sheet in the Kotkapura firing case is filed by the special investigation team. The state on Saturday informed the trial court that the application seeking clarification was dismissed by the HC saying “It …

Behbal Kalan firing: 2 months to go before deadline, case status has not changed
2 years, 7 months ago

Behbal Kalan firing: 2 months to go before deadline, case status has not changed

Hindustan Times  

The 2015 Behbal Kalan firing case has not moved an inch in the trial court or Punjab and Haryana high court since a three-month deadline was set by the government to bring the case to a logical conclusion. A file image of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee chief Harjinder Singh Dhami along with Harmandar Sahib head granthi Giani Jagtar Singh unveiling …

Behbal Kalan firing: Protestors block NH54, give two-day ultimatum to government
2 years, 8 months ago

Behbal Kalan firing: Protestors block NH54, give two-day ultimatum to government

Hindustan Times  

: Family members of the victims of 2015 Behbal Kalan police firing along with Sikh organisations on Wednesday blocked the Bathinda-Amritsar national highway protesting against the tardy pace of investigation in the sacrilege and firing cases but later lifted the blockade, giving the government a two-day ultimatum to formulate a deadline to bring the perpetrators to justice. Behbal Kalan firing: …

Behbal Kalan firing: Court denies SIT status report to accused cops
2 years, 11 months ago

Behbal Kalan firing: Court denies SIT status report to accused cops

Hindustan Times  

Faridkot : Terming applications of accused cops a “delaying tactic”, a Faridkot court on Tuesday denied to provide them the status report of investigation in two FIRs registered in connection with the 2015 Behbal Kalan firing incident and refused to defer framing of charges against them till February. Terming applications of accused cops a “delaying tactic”, a Faridkot court on …

Lakhimpur Kheri violence: SIT files chargesheet, Union minister\'s son named accused
2 years, 11 months ago

Lakhimpur Kheri violence: SIT files chargesheet, Union minister\'s son named accused

Deccan Chronicle  

Lakhimpur Kheri: The Special Investigation Team probing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, which claimed eight lives, has filed a chargesheet against 14 accused, including Union minister Ajay Mishra's son Ashish Mishra. In FIR number 219/2021 lodged with Tikunia Police Station, the SIT had identified and arrested 13 accused, including Ashish Mishra 'Monu', Ankit Das, Nandan Singh Bisht, Satyam Tripathi alias Satyam, …

Lakhimpur Kheri: Union Minister Ajay Mishra's Son Ashish Named Accused, SIT Likely to File Charge Sheet Today
2 years, 11 months ago

Lakhimpur Kheri: Union Minister Ajay Mishra's Son Ashish Named Accused, SIT Likely to File Charge Sheet Today

News 18  

The Special Investigation Team investigating the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, which claimed eight lives, is likely to file a charge sheet on Monday almost three months since the incident took place in Tikunia village of Lakhimpur Kheri district, Uttar Pradesh. So far 13 accused, including Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra Monu, have been sent to …

Punjab Congress chief Navjot Sidhu questions state govt over Kotkapura police firing incident probe
3 years, 1 month ago

Punjab Congress chief Navjot Sidhu questions state govt over Kotkapura police firing incident probe

India TV News  

Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday targeted his party's government in the state, asking whether it will give justice to the victims of the 2015 Kotkapura police firing incident or stand with the guilty by becoming their "shield". The Punjab and Haryana High Court had directed that the probe into the Kotkapura firing incident should be completed preferably …

UP govt appoints retd HC judge to investigate Lakhimpur Kheri incident; Oppn demands judicial probe
3 years, 2 months ago

UP govt appoints retd HC judge to investigate Lakhimpur Kheri incident; Oppn demands judicial probe

Firstpost  

However, Opposition leaders including Congress’ Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav have said that a sitting judge should investigate the matter. The Uttar Pradesh government has constituted a one-member Commission to probe the Lakhimpur Kheri incident in which eight people were killed, a senior Home Department official said on Thursday. “In exercise of the powers conferred by …

Kotkapura Firing: AAP, BJP reject Punjab Govt's decision of forming special investigation team
3 years, 7 months ago

Kotkapura Firing: AAP, BJP reject Punjab Govt's decision of forming special investigation team

India TV News  

The Aam Aadmi Party and the BJP on Saturday rejected the Punjab government's decision to constitute a new special investigation team to probe the 2015 Kotkapura firing incident, alleging that it was a ploy to shield the culprits and delay justice. BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh charged the Amarinder Singh government with taking recourse to invasive methods to shield …

SIT expedites sacrilege incidents’ probe days after HC rebuff in police firing probe
3 years, 8 months ago

SIT expedites sacrilege incidents’ probe days after HC rebuff in police firing probe

Hindustan Times  

After Punjab and Haryana high court quashed the investigation reports of the special investigation team led by inspector general of police Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh in Kotkapura firing case, the SIT probing the 2015 sacrilege incidents has expedited the process to file a supplementary charge sheet. Inspector general of police Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh Sources said the SIT led by …

Ex-DGP Saini, suspended IG Umaranangal main conspirators in Behbal Kalan firing: SIT member to court
4 years, 3 months ago

Ex-DGP Saini, suspended IG Umaranangal main conspirators in Behbal Kalan firing: SIT member to court

Hindustan Times  

The special investigation team on Thursday told the district and sessions court in Faridkot that the then Punjab director general of police Sumedh Singh Saini and suspended inspector general of police Paramraj Singh Umaranangal were the main conspirators in the Behbal Kalan firing episode. Sumedh Singh Saini Last week, the SIT probing the 2015 police firing incidents had approached the …

2015 Behbal Kalan firing: Faridkot sessions judge asks IG to appear in person today over ‘plea for pardon’
4 years, 3 months ago

2015 Behbal Kalan firing: Faridkot sessions judge asks IG to appear in person today over ‘plea for pardon’

Hindustan Times  

Faridkot Ahead of taking a decision on the plea of special investigation team to pardon a cop accused in the Behbal Kalan police firing case, the district and sessions court here on Wednesday directed SIT member, inspector general of police Kunwar Vijay Pratap, to appear in person on Thursday. HT Image Last week, the SIT had approached the court with …

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