Chandigarh:
A senior police officer of Punjab has been sacked for facilitating the recording of an interview with gangster Lawrence Bishnoi by a personal tv channel whereas he was within the custody of the CIA (Crime Investigation Agency) in Kharar.
The motion got here after a probe by a Special Investigation Team. The state police chief stated Gursher Singh Sandhu has “severely dented the picture of the division “along with his misconduct, negligence and dereliction of responsibility.
While reviewing the matter, the state authorities, too, got here to the identical conclusion and issued an order for his dismissal.
Bishnoi’s interviews had been performed whereas he was in police custody. One of those was on the CIA workers premises Kharar, and was aired by a personal information channel in March 2023.
The dismissal orders, which cited Article 311 of the Constitution, made particular point out of his uncooperative angle.
“It shouldn’t be fairly practicable to carry an inquiry into the chargesheet issued to Gursher Singh Sandhu, PPS (below suspension), in view of the non-cooperative angle of the officer,” the order learn.
It cited how the officer refused to simply accept a replica of the chargesheet in opposition to him and the way it needed to be affixed to his doorstep”.
Lawrence Bishnoi, arrested in 2014, has made the rounds of varied jails of the nation together with Delhi’s Tihar jail. Currently he’s in Sabarmati’s Central Jail.