Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi
Punjab Police has now taken action in connection with the interview of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in police custody. This interview of Lawrence Bishnoi was taken inside the jail two years ago. In this case, Punjab Police has suspended seven personnel including two Deputy Superintendent rank officers.
Policemen accused of negligence
The SIT of the state police, led 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 conducted in Rajasthan. The suspension has been done after the SIT found dereliction of duty on the part of seven policemen.
These policemen were suspended
According to an order of the Punjab Home Secretary issued on Friday, SP Gursher Singh Sandhu, DSP Samar Vaneet, Sub-Inspector Reena (CIA Kharar), Sub-Inspector Jagatpal Jangu, Sub-Inspector Shaganjeet Singh, Assistant Sub-Inspector Mukhtiar Singh and Head constable Om Prakash has been suspended.
The interview was taken in September 2022
The order states that in view of the sensitivity of the matter, all the above mentioned officers have been suspended. The Home Secretary’s order cited the SIT report, which found that Bishnoi’s interview, broadcast on a private TV channel, was conducted through video conference on the intervening night of September 3 and 4, 2022.
2 interviews were conducted of Lawrence Bishnoi
In March last year, a private news channel ran two interviews of Lawrence Bishnoi. The first interview was conducted at the CIA (Criminal Investigation Agency) Staff Complex, Kharar which comes under the jurisdiction of SAS Nagar, Mohali.
Lawrence Bishnoi accused of murder of Sidhu Moosewala
According to the investigation conducted by the SIT, the second interview was conducted when Bishnoi was lodged in Jaipur’s Central Jail, which had filed a case before the Punjab and Haryana High Court in July in a suo motu case related to the use of mobile phones by prisoners on the jail premises. Had submitted his report. It is known that Lawrence Bishnoi is one of the accused in the 2022 murder case of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala.
With inputs from PTI