Family of deceased woman seeks arrest of 'guilty policemen' in torture case

Ludhiana, December 12

The family of 37-year-old Kulwant Kaur, a victim of police torture, who had died on Friday, demanded immediate arrest of accused police officials booked on the charges of culpable homicide and illegal detention.

The Jagraon police had yesterday registered a case under Sections 304 (culpable homicide), 342 (illegal detention) IPC, Sections 3 and 4 of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act) against the then SHO Gurinder Singh Bal (now Bhawanigarh DSP), then ASI Rajvir Singh (now Faridkot SI), sarpanch Harjit Singh and panch Dhyan Singh.

Iqbal Singh, brother of the victim, said his sister had waited for justice for 16 years and after she lost her life, the police had registered a case against the guilty police officials.

Now, after the cremation, which is likely to be held tomorrow, they will decide the further course of action. “We want immediate arrest of the accused policemen and if the police fail to arrest them, we will launch an agitation against the Police Department, “he added.

Satnam Singh Dhaliwal, president, Universal Human Rights Organisation, said the Police Department should immediately dismiss the booked police officials and arrest them.

Sources said after the registration of the case, the police have transferred further probe to DSP (Investigation) Anil Kumar. — TNS