Jalandhar: Leader of Opposition Sukhpal Singh Khaira today at Jalandhar demanded a High Court monitored CBI inquiry into serious allegations and counter allegations levelled by DGP rank officers of the Punjab police.
Khaira said the allegations of Siddharth Chattopadhaya DGP that Suresh Arora DGP and Dinkar Gupta DGP Intelligence are shielding officers involved in massive drug trafficking are extremely shocking, alarming and devastating. He said these allegations are coming from an officer who has been handpicked by the High Court to probe drug related involvement of high up police officers.
Khaira said he was amused how the mega drugs and illegal firearms case against the dismissed ASI Inderjit Singh was hushed up at the ASI level officer only? He said is it possible to imagine that one ASI of Punjab police was the kingpin of such massive drugs trafficking running into crores, recovery of illegal firearms and ill gotten properties?
Khaira said the STF Chief Harpreet Sidhu had named Raj Jit Singh SSP Moga as part of the Inderjit Singh ASI chain but not only were the investigations nipped in the bud but Raj Jit continues to be SSP Moga, despite such serious allegations. Khaira said if allowed to be investigated fairly, the names of many senior police officials including Suresh Arora DGP and Dinkar Gupta DGP Intelligence are bound to surface.
Khaira said he was dumb founded to understand the double standards of Capt. Amarinder Singh viz a viz the allegations of STF Chief Harpreet Sidhu and SSP Moga Raj Jit Singh, as he is retaining both of them on their current important postings, he should explain who is guilty amongst them.
Khaira said he had learnt that Chattopadhaya DGP has also brought to the notice of the High Court a matter of 2 kanal benami property in sector 15 Chandigarh owned by a DGP. If true he said it was a very very serious issue as to how a serving police officer could acquire property worth crores in Chandigarh?
On the other hand Khaira said, the allegations of Chattopadhaya DGP that he was being falsely implicated in the Inderpreet Chadha suicide case when his name neither figured in the suicide note nor in the case FIR, are extremely serious to be ignored particularly when the High Court has stayed further proceedings against him.
Khaira said the allegations carry weight as the Punjab police is known to falsely implicate people, a fact being vindicated by the proceedings of Justice Mehtab Singh Gill Commission. Khaira said he himself is victim of false implication in an utterly false and frivolous drug related case and is being hounded by the police on the directions of Capt. Amarinder Singh, right till the Supreme Court level. Khaira said if a LoP and a DGP can be falsely implicated, one can imagine the plight of ordinary citizens.
Therefore, keeping in view the damning nature of allegations leveled against the current DGP and DGP Intelligence, Khaira said he demands that Capt. Amarinder Singh CM must clarify how he can retain such officers at their current positions?, they should be asked to immediately step down from their position. He should without wasting any more time order a High Court monitored CBI inquiry into the astonishing drug cum ill gotten wealth allegations against senior police officers.