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Sidhu Moose Wala homicide: Punjab Police reconstitutes SIT beneath supervision of Anti-Gangster Job Pressure head

Via PTI

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Police on Wednesday reconstituted the particular investigation crew (SIT), probing the killing of singer Sidhu Moose Wala, beneath the supervision of head of the Anti-Gangster Job Pressure (AGTF) to expedite investigations into the homicide case, officers stated.

Further Director Normal of Police Pramod Ban is the top of the AGTF.

Now, the six-member SIT (previous it had 3 contributors) can have a brand new chairman, Inspector Normal of Police (IGP) Jaskaran Singh, and two new contributors, together with Assistant Inspector Normal AGTF Gurmeet Singh Chauhan and Mansa Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Gaurav Toora.

Mansa SP (Investigation) Dharamveer Singh, Bathinda DSP (Investigation) Vishawajeet Singh and In-charge of CIA Mansa Prithipal Singh are the present 3 contributors of the SIT.

In his contemporary order, Director Normal of Police V Ok Bhawra said that the SIT shall behavior the investigation on a daily foundation, arrest the perpetrators of this heinous crime, and on final touch of investigation, police document can be submitted within the court docket of competent jurisdiction.

The SIT can co-opt another police officer and take the help of any knowledgeable/officer, with approval of the DGP, the order additional reads.

Moose Wala, well-known Punjabi singer and Congress chief, was once shot lifeless on Sunday by way of unidentified assailants in Punjab’s Mansa district, an afternoon after the state govt curtailed his safety quilt.

The state police had termed the incident as a case of an inter-gang competition and stated the Lawrence Bishnoi gang was once in the back of the homicide.

Canada-based Goldy Brar, a member of Bishnoi gang, claimed the duty of the homicide.