Wants CBI inquiry into Valtoha’s role in Tarn Taran case
Friday, 30/11/2012
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Chandigarh : PCC chief Capt Amarinder Singh today demanded a CBI probe into the registration of a fake police case at the Khalra police station in Khemkaran Assembly segment in Tarn Taran aimed at shielding two murder accused at the behest of Chief Parliamentary Secretary Virsa Singh Valtoha.
In a statement, Amarinder said the five policemen, including the SHO of the Khalra police station, who have been dismissed from service, had been made scapegoats in order to protect Valtoha.
He said the police station SHO had registered a case against two - Mohinder Singh and Joga Singh - for allegedly possessing five crates of liquor. But the same persons were later accused in a case of multiple murder in which four persons were killed while another was injured at Kashipur in Uttarakhand.
Amarinder said the SHO could not have acted on his own and had clear instructions from Valtoha’s personal assistant who was speaking on behalf of the Chief Parliamentary Secretary.
He said the issue could not be allowed to be hushed up by merely dismissing five policemen and the extent of probe needed to be broadened.
The PCC chief maintained that since the police of two states were involved, it was only fair that the probe was conducted by the CBI.
He also referred to Valtoha’s terrorist links during militancy in Punjab and said one could not expect a fair probe by the Punjab Police, which would be out to protect him.
