Gill panel indicts Langah for false case
CHANDIGARH : The third interim report of the commission headed by justice Mehtab Singh Gill (retd) to look into the allegations of false cases against political adversaries during the SAD-B JP regime has recommended action against former Akali minister Such a Singh Lang ah, along with erring investigating officer (IO), SH O Sat pal, in one of the 20 cases, which it has identified as false.
The commission has recommended legal action against Langah and compensation for victim, Sandeep Kumar, to be recovered from the erring IO, who filed a case against him under th END PS Act at D era Bab a Nanak police station. The commission has further recommended that Langah be booked undersection120-B (punishment of criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Pen al Code for conspiring with the IO to falsely implicate the complainant’s son.
The third interim report has been submitted to the chief minister’s office for further action.
The commission, which has dismissed 81 complaints on various grounds, in this round of its investigation has also suggested cancellation of FIR against Lok Insaaf Party leader and MLA Simarjit Singh Bains.
The third interim report, relating to 101 cases received by the panel, has recommended cancellation of FIR sin 12 cases.
Five of these cancellations were made after taking appropriate orders from the courts. HTC