Lawrence Bishnoi interview: ‘Black sheep in Punjab Police should be recognized, dropped at ebook’ | Chandigarh Information

CHANDIGARH: After coming to know that one of many interviews of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi was recorded at CIA police station Kharar in Punjab, the Punjab and Haryana excessive court docket has noticed that “the black sheep in state police should be recognized and dropped at ebook on the earliest”.

When the matter got here up for listening to earlier than the HC on Wednesday, a standing report dated July 9 was filed by Particular Investigation Staff (SIT) headed by particular DGP Prabodh Kumar, pinpointing the locations the place the interviewee (Lawrence Bishnoi) was on the time of interview.
As per the report, on the time of the primary interview on the intervening evening of September 3 and 4, 2022, he was in CIA, Kharar.
Opposition asks CM to give up over Bishnoi interview
SAD chief Bikram Singh Majithia and Congress MLA Partap Singh Bajwa on Wednesday sought Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann‘s resignation, claiming that an SIT report submitted to the Punjab and Haryana excessive court docket had revealed that gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s interview to a TV channel occurred at Kharar police station.
Majithia stated Mann ought to take the duty for the interview, searching for exemplary punishment for law enforcement officials who facilitated interview final yr. Chief of opposition Bajwa claimed that the primary interview of Bishnoi befell when he was in CIA custody in Kharar, and the second was carried out in a Rajasthan jail.
Majithia stated the interview was carried out when Bishnoi was being probed with regard to his function within the homicide of singer Sidhu Moose Wala. “This might solely occur beneath the patronage of govt and the CM ought to clarify why his govt, in the identical method because the AAP govt in Delhi, was offering safety to Bishnoi,” stated Majithia.
The Akali chief additionally demanded strict motion in opposition to law enforcement officials who had facilitated the tv interview within the police station. “It’s also clear that the CM not solely withdrew the safety cowl of Moose Wala, but additionally publicised the identical,” claimed Majithia.
Bajwa accused AAP-led Punjab acquired of mendacity concerning the interview since March 2023. “Now, after this revelation, Mann owes an evidence to the folks of Punjab, notably the dad and mom of Moose Wala,” Bajwa stated.
The Congress chief stated the interview occurred proper beneath the nostril of Punjab CM. “There have been black sheep within the police division. As a house minister, Mann should order an neutral investigation, and erring police officers needs to be given exemplary punishment,” he stated.
He stated gangsterism in Punjab had been on the rise ever since AAP got here to energy in 2022. “Contractors who’ve been constructing the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra expressway have been getting dying threats,” Bajwa added.