Cases filed by SAD-BJP regime political vendetta, says report

An inquiry commission, set up to look into the “false cases” registered against people during the decade-long SAD-BJP rule in Punjab, on Tuesday submitted its second interim report to Chief Minister Amarinder Singh which found “political vendetta” involved in all the 47 cases.

The Justice Mehtab Singh Gill Commission has recommended cancellation of FIRs in 37 of these cases, while in four cases it has suggested compensation to accused acquitted by courts.

“The interim report found political vendetta involved in all the 47 cases,” an official spokesperson said.

In the remaining six, it has recommended other action, such as not to file challans in courts.

The chief minister has marked the report to the Home Secretary for detailed examination and further action, the spokesperson said.

The Commission, which had submitted its first interim report, relating to 172 of the total 4,200 cases or complaints received by it, on August 23, was constituted

The panel was set up to “inquire into the cases where persons are said to have been wrongly implicated in alleged false cases or FIRs in Punjab during the last 10 years and submit its report to government after such inquiry”.

by the Amarinder government on April 5 this year under The Commission of Inquiry Act, 1952.

The two-member Commission was entrusted the task of investigating the alleged “false cases” or FIRs registered during the SAD-BJP rule.

It was set up to “inquire into the cases where persons are said to have been wrongly implicated in alleged false cases or FIRs in Punjab during the last 10 years and submit its report to government after such inquiry”.

The Commission was tasked to recommend to the government measures to be adopted to ensure that for future, such instances do not happen. It has an initial tenure of six months which is to be extended by the government when required. — PTI