Expressing concern over the manner in which sacrilege cases were being followed up, former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and ruling Aam Aadmi Party MLA Kunwar Vijay Pratap has urged Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to vigorously defend the petitions in the cases before the High Court and proceed with the ongoing trial in the Faridkot Sessions Court.
In a letter to the CM, a copy of which has been found in the public domain, the Amritsar North MLA said he has come to know that the matters were not pursued in a proper and equitable manner.
“In the court of sessions at Faridkot, these cases have been left to the prosecution. You know very well that I had resigned from the service of IPS due to the indifferent attitude of the then government and the nexus of the ruling class with high-profile accused persons,” the letter said.
The MLA has written that he has come to know that the accused were trying hard to investigate Behbal Kalan and he was acquitted by quashing the proceedings of the trial in the Faridkot Sessions Court. He said the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up by the government after his resignation did nothing to take the cases to their logical conclusion.
The 1998 batch IPS officer was heading the SIT sacrilege cases and the Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed the investigation due to which he has resigned from the services. Later he joined AAP and won from Amritsar North.
Interestingly, former MLA Dr Navjot Kaur Sidhu, who is the wife of ousted Congress state unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, had a few days back opposed the ex-IPS officer’s ouster from the state cabinet.
Tagging the office of Punjab Chief Minister and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal – who is also the convener of AAP – on Twitter, he posted his recommendation to hand over the Home portfolio to Kunwar, saying, “Crime in Punjab is crossing all borders. Is. I refuse to understand why such a capable and senior IPS officer Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh is not being posted as Home Minister.
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