Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi
Punjab Police has taken action in connection with the interview of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in police custody. This Lawrence Bishnoi interview was taken inside the jail two years ago. In this case, Punjab Police has suspended seven personnel, including two deputy superintendent rank officers.
Police officers accused of negligence
The state police SIT, headed by Special Director General of Police (Human Rights), found that one interview of Lawrence Bishnoi was conducted while he was in the custody of Punjab Police in Kharar, Mohali, while the other interview was performed in Rajasthan. . The suspension was made after the SIT found non-compliance with their duties by seven police officers.
These police officers were suspended
According to an order of the Punjab Home Minister issued on Friday, SP Gursher Singh Sandhu, DSP Samar Vaneet, Sub-Inspector Reena (CIA Kharar), Sub-Inspector Jagatpal Jangu, Sub-Inspector Shaganjit Singh, Deputy Sub-Inspector Mukhtiar Singh and Head Constable Om Prakash have been suspended.
The interview was conducted in September 2022.
The order states that in view of the sensitivity of the matter, all the above officials have been suspended. The Home Minister's order cited the SIT report, which found that Bishnoi's interview, broadcast on a private television channel, was conducted through video conferencing on the intervening night of September 3 and 4, 2022.
2 interviews were conducted with Lawrence Bishnoi.
In March last year, a private news channel published two interviews of Lawrence Bishnoi. The first interview was conducted at CIA (Criminal Investigation Agency) Personnel Complex, Kharar, which falls under the jurisdiction of SAS Nagar, Mohali.
Lawrence Bishnoi charged with murder of Sidhu Moosewala
According to the investigation by the SIT, the second interview took place when Bishnoi was lodged in the Jaipur Central Jail, and was produced before the Punjab and Haryana High Court in July in a suo motu case related to the use of telephones mobile phones by prisoners in prison facilities. He had presented his report. Lawrence Bishnoi is known to be one of the accused in the 2022 murder case of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala.
With contributions from the PTI
