Chandigarh: Rs10-lakh reward for info on Sippy Sidhu's murder

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 10

The CBI has announced a reward of Rs10 lakh for anyone providing credible information about the murder of national-level shooter and advocate Sukhmanpreet Singh Sidhu, aka Sippy Sidhu, that leads to the arrest of of the killer. This is the second time the CBI has announced a reward. Earlier in 2016, it had announced a reward of Rs5 lakh.

The CBI has stated that members of the public are requested to come forward if they have any credible information regarding the murder or any relevant information.

Sippy was shot dead on September 20, 2015. A .12 bore gun was used in the crime and four bullets were fired from it. The UT police had registered a case of murder at the Sector 26 police station.

In January 2016, the case was transferred to the CBI, after which the investigating agency registered a murder case and began a probe.

The role of a woman in Sippy’s murder cropped up during the CBI investigation. However, they wanted to gather more clues following which, around seven months later, in September 2016, CBI sleuths announced a reward of

Rs5 lakh for anybody providing a clue that could help crack the case.

The CBI also gave a newspaper advertisement stating that “there is reason to believe that a woman was accompanying Sippy’s killer at the time of the murder. The said woman is also being given this opportunity to come forward and contact us if she is innocent. Otherwise it shall be presumed that she was a party to the offence”.

However, the investigating agency failed to make a headway in the case. Last year, the CBI had filed an “untraced report” in the court and had mentioned that investigation may be allowed to open and continue as it has brought strong suspicion qua the role of a woman to eliminate Sippy Sidhu.