The interview, which surfaced connected societal media successful March 2023, raised superior concerns astir information lapses and the alleged power Bishnoi wielded adjacent portion being detained.
DGP Prabodh Kumar volition proceed investigating the lawsuit of the gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s interrogation portion successful Punjab Police custody. The Punjab and Haryana High Court has made this decision, adjacent though Kumar is acceptable to discontinue connected January 31. Meanwhile, the Punjab authorities informed the tribunal that it has lone 1 DGP empanelled by the cardinal government, portion the remainder are astatine the level of Additional DGP.
The High Court noted that Prabodh Kumar has conducted a thorough probe truthful far. During the hearing, the tribunal directed that helium beryllium paid INR 1.5 lakh per period for continuing the probe on with a information cover. The tribunal besides stated that helium is escaped to analyse the lawsuit from immoderate space helium deems necessary.
Earlier, connected January 16, the bench of Anupinder Singh Grewal and Justice Lapita Banerji had observed, “ Amicus Curiae submits that the tribunal should contented directions for Prabodh Kumar’s continuance arsenic caput of the SIT, portion advocator general, Punjab, submits that different serviceman beryllium appointed successful his place. We volition analyse this contented connected the adjacent date.”
The lawsuit revolves astir a arguable interrogation of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, which was recorded portion helium was successful Punjab Police custody. The interview, which surfaced connected societal media successful March 2023, raised superior concerns astir information lapses and the alleged power Bishnoi wielded adjacent portion being detained. The video led to questions astir however specified an interrogation was conducted nether constabulary supervision and whether officials were complicit.
Following a nationalist outcry, the Punjab authorities ordered an inquiry, which was aboriginal taken implicit by DGP Prabodh Kumar pursuing the involution of the High Court. His probe aimed to uncover who facilitated the interrogation and whether immoderate instrumentality enforcement unit were involved. The lawsuit has since been intimately monitored by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
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