AAP block president Gurpreet Singh, alias Gora has been booked together with one in every of his accomplices, Sukhjinder Singh, for allegedly taking Rs 1.50 lakh, collected by the complainant from the household of three drug smugglers, to strike a take care of Station Home Officer (SHO) Chatiwind Shamsher Singh in Amritsar Rural to cease police from raiding their (drug smugglers) homes.
Nevertheless, native AAP MLA Attari Jaswinder Singh Ramdas instructed The Indian Specific {that a} false case has been registered in opposition to Gurpreet Singh.
The police, nevertheless, have proven a restoration of Rs 1.50 lakh from Gurpreet Singh and co-accused Sukhjinder Singh, as per the FIR.
The case was registered beneath sections 7(A) PC Act and 61(2) of BNS at Chatiwind police station on September 7.
In keeping with the FIR, complainant Bikramjit Singh said that on August 30, 2024, SHO Shamsher Singh from Chatiwind police station, together with the police social gathering, carried out a raid early within the morning on the home of his brother, Jaspal Singh, alias Decide, who was wished in an NDPS case. However Jaspal Singh escaped by leaping over the wall. Afterwards, one other raid was carried out on the home of co-accused Jugraj Singh, alias Jago. However police didn’t discover him there, the FIR said.
“On this regard, I together with my uncle, Didar Singh, met with village head Gurnam Singh, residents of Bhagtupura village, and Sukhjinder Singh and Gurpreet Singh. They knowledgeable me that my brother Jaspal Singh and Jugraj Singh have been wished in a drug case, and one Mangal Singh, alias Manga, was additionally concerned in promoting heroin. Resulting from their involvement in promoting heroin, the police have been conducting raids,” Bikramjit Singh instructed the police.
He mentioned, “Sukhjinder Singh and Gurpreet Singh instructed me that they know the SHO and may resolve the problem. They assured me that the police wouldn’t raid our properties, however in return one thing must be given to the SHO. Sukhjinder Singh and Gurpreet Singh demanded Rs 1.5 lakh from me. I collected Rs 50,000 every from the household of accused Mangal Singh, alias Manga, Jugraj Singh, alias Jago and Jaspal Singh, alias Decide and gave the cash to Sukhjinder Singh and Gurpreet Singh for giving it to the SHO. A couple of days later, the SHO once more raided the properties of Jaspal Singh, Mangal Singh, and Jugraj Singh. After this I confronted Sukhjinder Singh and Gurpreet Singh who instructed me that they’d already given Rs 1.5 lakh to the police. However the police have been nonetheless harassing us and conducting raids on our properties.”
“On this regard, my uncle Didar Singh and I met with SHO Shamsher Singh and requested him why we have been nonetheless being harassed regardless of sending the cash. The SHO responded that he neither requested for cash nor acquired any. We have been shocked to listen to this. This made it clear to us that Sukhjinder Singh from Bhagtupura and Gurpreet Singh from Rampura had conspired to defraud us of Rs 1.5 lakh within the title of police. They took the cash to defame the police however saved it with themselves. Authorized motion needs to be taken in opposition to them,” reads the complainant’s assertion to the police.
Because the registration of the FIR, the police are tightlipped in regards to the case. In keeping with the FIR, each accused (Sukhjinder Singh and Gurpreet Singh) have been arrested.
MLA Jaswinder Singh, nevertheless, claimed that none of them have been arrested.
“There’s some confusion. A false case has been registered in opposition to Gurpreet Singh. He isn’t such an individual. He’s very trustworthy. He’s neither arrested nor in jail. Quickly issues can be clear and he too can be within the clear,” mentioned MLA Jaswinder Singh, who held a gathering of social gathering leaders from adjoining villages on the home of Gurpreet Singh on August 31 and posted about it on Fb.
SP Harinder Singh, Amritsar Rural police, mentioned, “Registration of the case in opposition to Gurpreet Singh is in my data. I’m not conscious if he holds any place in any social gathering. No additional investigation has been marked within the case.”
