Kotkapura firing: After Partap Singh Bajwa, Navjot Sidhu for new SIT

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 25

A day after Congress Rajya Sabha Member Partap Singh Bajwa sought the constitution of a new special investigation team (SIT) to conduct the investigation within a month, senior party leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday, too, demanded a fair investigation by a new SIT to bring out the evidence against the Badals.

Badals not free yet

The judgment does not mean that there is no evidence against Badals, it just means investigation has not provided any, why? … it is a temporary reprieve for Badals until a fair investigation brings them to the dock. — Navjot Singh Sidhu, Congress Leader

Bajwa has demanded that the new SIT after a time-bound probe should file the challan before a trial court, requesting for an expeditious trial preferably on day-to-day basis. Justice needed to be delivered to the victims who had been waiting endlessly, he said.

Calling upon to fight for justice to the victims of the Kotkapura police firing, the cricketer-turned-politician in a tweet on Sunday said: “The judgment does not mean that there is no evidence against Badals, it just means investigation has not provided any, Why? … It is a temporary reprieve for Badals until a fair investigation brings them to docks. Not exonerated, only on borrowed time. Let’s fight for Justice!”

Besides, former Deputy Speaker of Punjab Vidhan Sabha Bir Devinder said the new SIT to investigate Kotkapura police firing in compliance with the High Court’s recent order would be an eyewash. Moreover the striking indictment of former IG Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh has not only restricted the scope of the investigation; it has rather fettered the options of the SIT, yet to be constituted in the matter.