Jalandhar, March 10
The family of Assistant Sub-Inspector Jaswinder Pal Singh, who allegedly committed suicide after being mentally tortured by his superiors, blamed here today the police authorities for shielding the accused and demanded a CBI inquiry.

His wife Jasbir Kaur even threatened that she along with her children would commit suicide if the accused were not arrested with in a week.

ASI Jaswinder, a resident of Eama Mugalan, Hoshiarpur, was posted at police station, Goraya, Jalandhar. He committed suicide on March 1 at Kitna village, Hoshiarpur.

A suicide note was found in his pocket in which he had alleged that he was being forced by SHO Sarwan Singh Bal and Head Constable Harjeet Singh, to collect ‘protection money’ from those involved in illegal trade of poppy husk of their area.

The deceased’s wife Jasbir Kaur and his mother Rattan Kaur alleged that though a case for abetment to suicide under Section 306 of the IPC has been registered, the police authorities have not arrested the accused even after nine days of the incident.

The case was registered at Mahilpur police station on March 2.

Although we have lost the lone earning member of our family, nobody from the department or the investigating officer has bothered to visit our house to seek additional statement, they alleged.

The family alleged that the intention of the police to shield the suspects was clear from the day Jaswinder committed suicide. As 8-10 photocopies of suicide note were recovered from his pockets, the cops, present at the crime scene, forced the family to hand over all the copies to them despite our pleas to leave one copy for us, alleged the deceased’s brother Santokh Singh.

“Shockingly, instead of consoling us on our great loss, certain police officers of our area are pressuring us to reach a compromise with the accused in lieu of money,” he alleged.

The family also alleged that the senior officers were protecting the accused since Bal has served with Hoshiarpur SSP Rakesh Aggarwal at Kapurthala and Nawanshahr districts and is said to enjoy the latter’s confidence.

However, terming the allegations baseless, Aggarwal said it was just a coincidence that Bal has served under him.

“If the department had ulterior motives, the FIR would not have been registered just a day after the death,” he claimed.

Tarn Taran, March 10
Jasjit Singh and his son Shamsher Singh would be honoured at a function being organised in Patti tomorrow for showing bravery by gunning down a robber and nabbing another.

Preetpaul Singh Virk, SSP, while addressing mediaperson here today, announced this.

The incident happened last night at Patti when four armed robbers entered the house of Jasjit Singh, owner of a motorcycle agency.

Gurjant Singh, a robber, was killed when Shamsher Singh opened fire on the robbers and the second robber Gurbir Singh, who was injured while jumping in from the rooftop, was nabbed by the father-son duo.

Two robbers, namely Bhagwan Singh and Gurbhej Singh, managed to escape.

Preetpaul Singh Virk said a case under Sections 458 and 459 of the IPC and Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act was registered against the robbers, who were from the same village Sakhira, 12 km from here, at Patti police station.

Preetpaul Singh Virk said the father-son duo would be honoured with a certificate and cash prize at a function to be organised at Patti tomorrow.

The SSP also said the names of Jasjit Singh and his son Shamsher Singh would be sent to the state government for the state bravery award.

Hoshiarpur, March 10
With the arrest of Pawan Kumar, alias Pawan Ram, son of Satinder Ram of Slaempur Slakhni, Patepur police station, Vaisali district, Bihar, the district police claimed to have solved the kidnapping case of a minor boy, Paranjit Raj (5) , son of Indu Sahni of Sunderpur Ratwar, Pear police station, Mujafarpur district, Bihar, presently residing at the local Neelkanth, Nai Abadi. Paranjit Raj has been recovered from Pawan.

According to SSP Rakesh Aggarwal, Indu Sahni had been working as a contractor at Gopal Factory, Hardokhanpur, where Pawan Kumar was also working under him and was a regular visitor to Indu Sahni's house. On the evening of March 4 Pawan Kumar went to his house and inquired about Indu Sahni from his wife and he came to know that he had gone to Amritsar. While returning to his house, Pawan Kumar met Paranjit Raj on the way. Alluring the child with biscuits and toffees he took Paranjit to Hassi Malai village, Vaisali district, where he held him captive.

Meanwhile, Indu Sahni and his family searched Paranjit Raj everywhere but to no avail. On March 6, Pawan Kumar telephoned Indu Sahni and demanded an extortion of Rs 3 lakh and instructed him to deliver the same at the Patna airport, failing which he would kill his son.

Indu Sahni approached the police and on his complaint the Sadar police registered a case under Section 364 A of the IPC.

The Sadar police despatched a police party to Bihar on March 8 and arrested Pawan Kumar from his house and recovered the kidnapped boy from him. Pawan Kumar and Paranjit Raj were produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hajipur (Vaisali), who granted 72 hours transit remand. On reaching here, Paranjit Raj was handed over to his parents.

The SSP said Pawan Kumar was doing labour at Gopal Factory under the supervision of Indu Sahni and after seeing the money Indu Sahni had he hatched a conspiracy to kidnap the boy.

Hoshiarpur, March 10
The district police arrested Sucha Singh Deo, son of Surjit Singh of Ghogra village, Dasuya, under Section 41(G) of the CrPC and Article 12 of the India/America Extradition Treaty-1999 last evening.

Addressing mediapersons here today, SSP Rakesh Aggarwal said Sucha Singh Deo had murdered his wife Jagjot Kaur in the USA, for which he was wanted by the US police. The US police issued Interpol red notice No A-461/2-2008 on February 27, 2008, against him for his arrest.

Sucha Singh Deo, who hails from Ghogra village of the district, went to the USA in 1990. He was married to Jagjot Kaur, daughter of Sant Singh of Kolkata, India, who along with his family members was settled in the USA, in 1995. Sucha Singh Deo got the US citizenship in 1996. Strained relations developed between Sucha Singh Deo and Jagjot Kaur and they used to quarrel all the time.

On July 28, 2003, Sucha Singh forcibly entered the house of his mother-in-law Surinder Kaur and allegedly stabbed his wife Jagjot Kaur to death with a knife. He also stabbed his mother-in-law Surinder Kaur and fled from the scene. A murder case was registered against Sucha Singh in Dallas, Texas, USA. After murdering his wife, he worked in the USA secretly. During a raid on a factory, he was arrested by the police for working unauthorisedly and remained in jail for 11 days.

He managed to get prepared a passport from Washington DC on August 10, 2007, valid up to August 9, 2017, after changing his name to Suchvinder Singh, son of Surjit Singh, mother Savern Kaur and wife Hardeep Kaur, resident of 7143 Martell Ave, Baltimore, MD 21222.

Sucha Singh had been secretly residing in Ghogra village for the last three years. Sucha Singh had confessed to murdering his wife after four days of filing of divorce.

The SSP said information regarding the arrest of Sucha Singh was being sent to the American Embassy, Union Ministry of External Affairs and other departments concerned.