Punjab Ex Chief Minister Parkash Badal Named In 2015 Firing Case Chargesheet
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Two men, Gurjeet Singh, and Kishan Bhagwan Singh were killed in Behbal Kalan in police firing during a protest that had sparked in the wake of the incidents
The Special Investigation Team of Punjab Police probing the 2015 Kotkapura police firing case on Friday filed a chargesheet in a court in Faridkot naming Parkash Singh Badal and Sukhbir Singh Badal, the then Chief Minister and Deputy CM of the state.
"In Faridkot court, SIT has filed a 7,000-page challan in which accused of that time, be it those who fired bullets, or who gave direction for it, or their political masters, have been nominated in it," Punjab Minister Aman Arora told reporters here.
"In the challan, be it the then Chief Minister (Parkash Singh) Badal, the then Home Minister Sukhbir Badal, or the then police DGP Sumedh Singh Saini, all have been named, among others," the Housing and Urban Development Minister said here.
The SIT is led by Additional Director General of Police L K Yadav.
