A Mohali courtroom had dismissed Sumedh Singh Saini’s bail plea on September 1
Chandigarh:
A Mohali courtroom on Saturday issued an arrest warrant towards former Punjab DGP Sumedh Singh Saini in reference to the 1991 Balwant Singh Multani disappearance case.
The courtroom has directed the police to supply Sumedh Saini by September 25, in accordance with the order.
Sumedh Saini, the previous Punjab director common of police, continues to stay elusive regardless of the particular investigation crew of the Punjab Police conducting raids at a number of locations to arrest him.
Sumedh Saini, whose whereabouts have been nonetheless unknown, was charged in Could in reference to the disappearance of Balwant Multani in 1991 when he was working as a junior engineer with Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Company.
The Punjab and Haryana Excessive Court docket on Tuesday had dismissed Sumedh Saini’s anticipatory bail plea on this matter.
The excessive courtroom had additionally dismissed Sumedh Saini’s second petition that sought quashing of an FIR within the case or the switch of investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
A Mohali courtroom had dismissed his bail plea on September 1.
Final month, the police had added homicide cost beneath Part 302 of the IPC within the FIR in Balwant Multani disappearance case after two former Chandigarh Police personnel — former UT police Inspector Jagir Singh and former ASI Kuldeep Singh who’re additionally co-accused — turned approver within the disappearance case.
The Punjab Police on September three had claimed that Sumedh Saini “absconded” whereas forsaking the Z plus safety allotted to him.
Sumedh Saini had left his Chandigarh residence with out Punjab Police safety personnel and safety automobiles, together with a jammer automobile.
Balwant Multani, who was a resident of Mohali, was picked up by the police after a terrorist assault on Sumedh Saini, who was then the senior superintendent of police in Chandigarh, in 1991.
Nonetheless, the police had later claimed that Balwant Multani had escaped from custody of Qadian Police in Gurdaspur.
Sumedh Saini and 6 others have been charged on the grievance of Balwant Multani’s brother.
