Khalra Killing Kps Gill Not Involved: Cbi

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Khalra Killing KPS Gill not involved: CBI

Tribune News Service

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080213/punjab1.htm#17

Chandigarh, February 12

Seeking the dismissal of a petition filed by the wife of eliminated human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra for directing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the involvement of Punjab's former director-general of police K.P.S. Gill in the matter, the premier investigating agency today said the plea was devoid of merit.

In an affidavit submitted before Justice M.M. Kumar and Justice T.P.S. Maan of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Paramjit Kaur Khalra’s petition, the CBI said, “Investigation did not bring out evidence to substantiate the allegations against Gill”.

Even the trial court did not find evidence against Gill. As such, no investigation remains to be conducted in the case in respect of conspirators, the CBI added. The case will now come up for further hearing on April 21.

The petition was filed over 12 years after Jaswant Singh was abducted from his residence before being eliminated.

In her petition, Paramjit Kaur had asserted “hard evidence” had come on the trial court record about the then DGP Gill's involvement.

As such, appropriate order be issued to the CBI to further investigate the conspiracy angel and the involvement of the then DGP in abducting, illegally detaining, torturing and murdering Jaswant Singh.

Describing Gill as the "main accused", she had stated that the results of the investigation should be presented before the CBI court so that "he can be brought to justice". She had added that Gill had "escaped" due to partial and incomplete investigation.

Going into the circumstances leading to the filing of the petition, she had contended that at least two representations were forwarded to the CBI director for the completion of investigation in the murder case so that Gill could be held accountable, in accordance with law, for his crime.

International human rights groups also wrote to the CBI director to take up

the matter.

It may be recalled that another Division Bench of the High Court, comprising Mr Justice Mehtab Singh Gill and Mr Justice A.N. Jindal, has already held Khalra was "abducted so that his life could be extinguished."

He was picked up from his house "at the instance of SSP Ajit Singh Sandhu" by DSP Jaspal Singh and other cops, including Satnam Singh, Surinder Pal Singh, Jasbir Singh and Prithipal Singh.

He was tortured at the Jhabal police station before being shot. Finally, his body was disposed of near the Harike bridge.

The development assumes significance as witness Kuldeep Singh had reportedly alleged that he had seen Gill go into a room in which Khalra was being kept at Manawala in Taran Tarn.

[guptveer1469]

cbi is corrupt.. still didnt got that???

acquited those sajjan, jagdish and bhagat... isnt that enough proof that they are not to be trusted..