Ex-DSP among three get life term

The special CBI court in Mohali on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to three Punjab Police cops, including the then station house officer (SHO), sub-inspector (SI) and assistant sub-inspector (ASI), for abducting and killing two special police officers (SPOs) in a staged encounter in Tarn Taran in 1992.

- HT Correspondent

MOHALI:

CBI special judge, Mohali, Rakesh Gupta had on Monday convicted Gurbachan Singh, the then sub-inspector and SHO of Tarn Taran city police station under Sections 302 (murder), 364 (abducting someone for the purpose of murder), 343 (wrongful confinement for three or more days) and 218 (public servants who create incorrect records or writings with the intent to cause harm or save someone from punishment) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Gurbachan, 77, of Lalle Nangal village at Fatehgarh Churian in Gurdaspur, who retired as a DSP, has been imprisoned for life and fined ₹3 lakh.

The court also convicted Resham Singh, the then SI posted at the said police station, and Hans Raj, the then ASI, under Sections 302, 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and 218 of the IPC. While Resham Singh, 85, of Gakhal village in Jalandhar, retired as inspector, Hans Raj, 72, of Thathi village in Lopoke, retired from the post of sub-inspector. Both of them were awarded life sentence besides being asked to pay a fine of ₹2.25 lakh each.