2 cops suspended after Dalit’s suicide

Muktsar, August 14

After a Dalit man of Chak Tamkot village here allegedly upset over police inaction in tracing his wife ‘kidnapped’ by certain persons died by suicide on Tuesday, the district police have suspended SHO Shimla Rani and ASI Harjinder Singh posted at Lakhewali police station.

The additional charge of the Lakhewali police station SHO has been given to SI Baljit Singh. Notably, the police have booked five persons, including two women, in this regard. The deceased, Jagmeet Singh, had left a suicide note, accusing the police of inaction in tracing his wife and blamed some persons for the incident.

National Commission for Scheduled Castes Chairman Vijay Sampla had already directed the DC and the SSP to submit the action-taken report within 15 days. The police have even formed a special investigation team (SIT) headed by SP (PBI) Kulwant Rai in this case. — TNS