Court grants bail to WWICS owner BS Sandhu’s son

AMRITSAR : The court of district and sessions judge, Karamjit Singh, granted bail to two people — including Mohali-based immigration firm WWICS owner Col BS Sandhu (retd)’s son Davinder Sandhu. Kay Ghuman also got bail.

Sandhu and Ghuman were among 9 people, who were in Amritsar jail for their alleged role in abetting the suicide of former vice-president of Chief Khalsa Diwan (CKD), Inderpreet Singh Chadha, who committed suicide by shooting himself in his car on Ajnala Road on January 3. They had been arrested on February 27, after appearing before a Special Investigation Team (SIT) in Chandigarh for questioning.

Davinder Sandhu’s father Col BS Sandhu (retd), who is on the run, is wanted by the Mohali police in the case of recovery of body of a Himachal resident from the water tank of Forest Hill Resort in Nayagaon, near Chandigarh. WWICS group owns the resort.

Inderpreet was reportedly upset over the controversy that erupted after a video showing his father — expelled chief of CKD, Charanjit Singh Chadha—in an objectionable position with a woman principal.

Advocate Puneet Bali, who is the counsel of Sandhu and Ghuman, told the court that they could not be booked under section 306 (abetment to suicide) of the IPC. “The names of my two clients—sandhu and Ghuman — were not in the suicide notes,

purportedly written by Inderpreet. As per the notes, Inderpreet was unstable as he had to take money from some people,” he had told court.

Another lawyer, Gautam Majithia, familiar with the development, said the bail application of Sandhu, Ghuman and Surjit Singh was filled in the court. “The court rejected Surjit’s bail plea,” he added.