Police book principal, 10 others for abetment
AMRITSAR : The woman principal who accused Charanjit Singh, 83, of sexual harassment was among the 11 persons booked by the district police on Thursday for abetting the suicide of his son Inderpreet Singh Chadha.
The police have booked 11 persons, including Chief Khalsa Diwan’s former honorary secretary, two members, and senior director of WWICS Global Law Offices Private Limited Company. Charanjit was expelled from the primary membership of the society following a controversial video last week. The accused include senior director of WWIC Davinder Sandhu, former honorary secretary of the CKD Bhag Singh Ankhi, the woman principal who accused Charanjit of sexual harassment, two members of the CKD charitable society, Hari Singh Sandhu and Nirmal Singh, besides Inderpreet Singh Anand, Surjit Singh, Ummat, Kuljeet Kaur, Manya, and Gursewak Singh.
The accused were booked following a complaint by Inderpreet’s son, Prabhpreet Singh. “The accused hatched a conspiracy to get my father booked in a false case. We have evidences establishing that the accused forced my father to commit suicide,” said Prabhpreet.
Amritsar police commissioner SS Srivastava said a case under Section 306 (abetment of suicide) and 120-B (punishment for criminal conspiracy) has been registered. “Some documents are being examined, including a suicide note. Inderpreet’s family also shared some additional information. He said the police were still clueless about the whereabouts of Charanjit Singh Chadha.
Inderpreet, 52, expelled vicepresident of the CKD, committed suicide by shooting himself in his car on the Ajnala road on Wednesday. He was reportedly upset over the controversy that erupted after a video showing his father — expelled chief of the CKD, Charanjit — in an objec- tionable position with the woman principal.
Soon after the video went viral on December 26, the principal shot off a letter to Punjab director general of police accusing Charanjit of sexual harassment, besides charging his son Inderpreet with criminal intimidation. The father-son duo was booked at the Islamabad police station here on December 28 and a special investigation team (SIT) headed by ADCP Harjit Singh Dhaliwal was formed on December 29.
Inderpreet appeared before the SIT on Tuesday and got interim bail from a local court. Charanjit and Inderpreet were expelled from the primary membership of the CKD on December 30.