Now, SSP (rural) to probe case of contesting panchayat election fraudulently

Tribune News Service
Amritsar, July 19

The Punjab State SC Commission has earmarked the probe to SSP (rural) regarding a person belonging to the Christian community who had allegedly contested panchayat election at Sohian Kalan village on fraudulent Majhbi caste certificate.

Punjab State SC Commission member Dr Tarsem Singh Sialka said the investigation has been handed over to SSP Amritsar (rural) Gurneet Singh Khurana. Besides, the status report of the matter has been asked to be submitted by August 16.

The complainant in the case is one Surinder Kaur, a resident of the same village.

In a written complaint to the commission, she claimed that Tarsem Masih, belonging to a Christian family, contested the village panchayat elections by submitting a forged certificate of Majhbi Sikh caste.