Chandigarh: The debate on the bail applications of former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal in the Kotkapura firing case continued for nearly two-and-a-half hours.

At the same time, no order has been issued by the Faridkot court, and case has been adjourned till tomorrow.

The court had issued summons to former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal among others after the SIT filed a charge sheet in the Faridkot court, following which the Badal family had filed an anticipatory bail application in the faridkot district court on March 9.

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Chandigarh: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the sacrilege cases had already given a clean chit to the Sikh protesters during Kotkapura firing case in October 2015, while four top police officers have also been nominated.

Now, in this case former chief ministers Parkash Singh Badal and Sukhbir Singh Badal, received a major set back as the court has dismissed their pleas seeking copies of challan reports.

The court dismissed the application, directing the Badals to appear before it before handing over copies of the 7,000-page challan report.

Similarly, another top police officer Sukhmander Singh Mann has also moved applications in two different courts seeking anticipatory bail to avoid arrest and for copies of the challan report, which will come up for hearing on March 14.

The court had summoned former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, Sukhbir Singh Badal, Sumedh Saini, Paramraj Umranangal, Amar Singh Chahal, Sukhmander Singh Mann, Charanjit Sharma and Gurdeep Singh Pandher for March 23 after the SIT submitted a 7,000-page challan report before judicial magistrate Ajaypal Singh court in Faridkot on February 24 last month.

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Chandigarh: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of The Punjab Police, probing the 2015 Kotkapura firing case, has filed a 7,000-page charge sheet in the court of JMIC Ajaypal Singh in Faridkot.

The SIT team led by SIT chief ADGP LK Yadav and SSP Bathinda Gulneet Singh Khurana has filed the charge sheet in the Faridkot court.

The government had assured the Behbal Insaaf Morcha of action by February 28. The investigation report of the Kotkapura firing case, led by IG Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, was canceled in April 2021. After this, the government was ordered to set up a new SIT and investigate afresh.

Sources said in the charge sheet, investigation team named former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, Sukhbir Singh Badal, then DGP Gurmeet Saini, IG Paramraj Umranangal, SSP Charanjit Sharma, former Akali MLA Mantar Singh Brar.

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Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal today appeared before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Punjab Police in connection with the Kotkapura firing incident.

The investigation team is headed by Additional Director General of Police L.K. Yadav.

The team had asked Sukhbir Badal to appear before it on Monday.

Sukhbir Badal was the deputy chief minister of the state and the home minister was also under him when police opened fire during protests in 2015 following the sacrilege incident. Earlier on September 14, Sukhbir Badal was questioned by the SIT.

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Chandigarh: The Punjab government is investigating the Kotkapura firing case and the Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by ADGP LK Yadav, on Wednesday questioned former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal for nearly three hours.

From about 11 am to 2 pm, Badal was grilled by the SIT at his residence in Chandigarh. According to the information received, a letter was sent to former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to join the investigation.

It was asked to determine the place of inquiry keeping in mind their health and age. In response to this, the former Chief Minister had said asked sit to question him in his Chandigarh based residence.

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Chandigarh: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Punjab government today once again reached the local main chowk to probe the Kotkapura firing incident, where the Punjab Police had opened fire on the protesting sangat on October 14, 2015. After the incident, a police officer had opened fire on Sikh activists in behbal Kalan village, in which a large number of people were injured and two Sikh youths Krishan Bhagwan Singh and Gurjit Singh Bittu Sarawan were killed due to bullet injuries.

Meanwhile, the police did not allow the media to come close to the team. Meanwhile, when the media asked the police officer to get information about today’s investigation, they refused to share any information.

According to the information received, Sukhraj Singh Niami, son of deceased youth Krishan Bhagwan Singh, has been sitting on a dharna under the Behbal Insaaf Morcha for the last eleven months.

The morcha has chalked out a programme to announce a state-wide rally on October 14 to launch a fierce struggle. Sikh activist Gurinder Singh Kotkapura slammed the government over the issue and said that the governments were playing a cruel joke on the Sikhs. An inquiry has been conducted, but the Sikhs are not getting justice.

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Chandigarh: The Shiromani Akali Dal today said that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Punjab Police has not summoned party president Sukhbir Singh Badal for questioning in connection with the 2015 Kotakpura police firing incident, but they are ready to cooperate in the investigation.

Badal asked the SIT to clarify whether the notice circulated in the media about summoning was issued by him or not.

Lashing out at SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal, AAP chief sposkperson Malvinder Singh Kang questioned Badal that why he is evading inquiry and not appearing before SIT in Kotakpura firing incident if he is honest and nothing to conceal in this case.

He said that everyone knew the involvement of Dera Sacha Sauda in sacrilege cases of Sri Guru Granth Sahib but Badal family gave them clean chit and Sikh Sangat has been waiting for justice for seven years. But now the decisive Mann government will deliver justice to the people of Punjab in sacrilege cases and firing incidents.

He categorically said that AAP will take action against all people including senior politicians after proper inquiries as per the law and no one will be targeted as AAP is not here for political vendetta but to provide a reformed system in the state.

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