Behbal Kalan firing: SIT seeks more time to submit status report on allegations against ex-SIT member
Hindustan TimesThe 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 prime accused. In September 2020, the then IGP and member of SIT Kunwar Vijay had appeared in the court and claimed that making Pardeep an approver would strengthen the prosecution’s case against the culprits. During the previous hearing, the court of additional sessions judge Rajiv Kalra observed that “numerous allegations were levelled against then SIT member Kunwar Vijay for playing fraud on the court by giving consent for tender of pardon to the main accused” and asked the SIT to submit a report. Former senior superintendent of police Charanjit Singh Sharma, who is an accused in the case, also filed an application demanding the court to “drop the proceedings, while rejecting the challan and supplementary challan furnished by the police in the Behbal Kalan firing case”.