Three-Member SIT Constituted to Probe Singhu Border Killing
The SIT head is permitted to obtain the support and assistance of any other wing or unit of the Punjab Police.
Three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by Varinder Kumar, ADGP and Director, Bureau of Investigation, Punjab has been constituted to investigate the Singhu border killing, reported ANI, citing the office of Punjab’s Director General of Police (DGP).
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Three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by Varinder Kumar, ADGP and Director, Bureau of Investigation, Punjab has been constituted to investigate the Singhu border killing, reported ANI, citing the office of Punjab’s Director General of Police (DGP).
As per a copy of the order shared by ANI, Inderbir Singh, DIG Feroepur Range and Harvinder Singh Virk, SSP Tarn Raran are also part of the team.
The order further states that the head of the team may further “co-opt any other police officer(s) posted in the State for the enquiry as per needs and requirements”. Further, Kumar would be at the liberty to obtain the support and assistance of any other wing or unit of the Punjab Police in connection with the investigation.
BACKGROUND
A 36-year-old man was found mutilated at the Singhu border in the wee hours of Friday, 15 October. The deceased, who had been identified as Lakhbir Singh, was reportedly found in a pool of blood, with his legs chopped and his left wrist severed.
Lakhbir Singh hailed from Tarn Taran district in Punjab's Jalandhar and had no criminal record or political affiliations.
The Punjab government has reportedly alleged a conspiracy involving members of the Nihang group, which is alleged to be responsible for the murder. Taking to Twitter, Punjab’s Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, had earlier on Wednesday, said that the incident “seems to be a conspiracy to discredit the struggle of the peasants.”
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