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Time of India
2 days ago
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- Time of India
3 pilgrims die during Hemkund Sahib yatra
Dehradun: Three pilgrims died during the Hemkund Sahib yatra — one after being hit by a boulder near Atalakoti while returning, and two others due to health complications, officials said on Saturday. Karamjit Singh, 32, from Maan Colony in Karnal district, Haryana, was struck by boulders near Atalakoti while descending from the gurdwara. Kuldeep Singh, 74, a resident of Chuna Mandi in Delhi, died from health issues while on the pilgrimage. Another pilgrim, around 50 years old, also died due to medical complications. Police and SDRF teams reached the spot. Karamjit was airlifted by helicopter to Govindghat, from where he was taken to the community health centre in Jyotirmath, where doctors declared him dead on arrival. Follow more information on Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad here . Get real-time live updates on rescue operations and check full list of passengers onboard AI 171 .
Indian Express
01-06-2025
- Indian Express
1993 fake encounter case: 3 former cops sentenced 3-8 yrs of RI with fines, two acquitted
Thirty years after a Phagwara resident was killed in a fake police encounter in 1993, a Special CBI Court in Mohali on Saturday sentenced three former Punjab Police officers to three to eight years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) with fines and acquitted two constables of all charges. Delivering judgment, Special Judge-II Baljinder Singh Sra held Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Karamjit Singh, former Inspector Manjit Singh and former Sub-Inspector Gurmej Singh guilty of the crime and acquitted Constables Kashmir Singh and Harjit Singh of all charges. The court framed charges under sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy), read with 342 (wrongful confinement), 364 (kidnapping or abducting in order to murder) and 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) — charges under IPC sections 342 and 364 were applied to certain accused. After a detailed trial, the court sentenced Karamjit Singh (then ASI) to three years of RI and a fine of Rs 50,000 under IPC Section 120-B read with Section 364 and one year of RI under IPC Section 342; Manjit Singh (then Inspector) to eight years of RI and a fine of Rs 50,000 under IPC Section 364, also 5 years of RI and a fine of Rs 50,000 under IPC Section 120-B and one year of RI under IPC Section 342; and, Gurmej Singh (then SI) to eight years of RI and a fine of Rs 50,000 under IPC Section 364, 5 years of RI and a fine of Rs 50,000 under IPC Section 120-B. The court also directed that compensation be paid to the Class-I legal heirs of the deceased, Palwinder Singh, from the fines collected from the convicted officers. Victim Palwinder Singh's daughter Bhupinder Kaur has, however, expressed her 'dissatisfaction' over the verdict. 'The sentence is too lenient given the severity of the crime,' Bhupinder said, adding that she would move the high court, seeking a harsher punishment for the accused persons. Darshan Singh, father of Palwinder Singh, alias Pappu, had filed a criminal writ petition in 1995, alleging that on the morning of March 27, 1993, ASI Karamjit Singh and other unidentified officers from the Rawalpindi police station under Phagwara tehsil in Kapurthala district, forcibly abducted his son from their home in the presence of family members and villagers. Darshan Singh alleged that Palwinder's whereabouts remained unknown thereafter. The petitioner expressed fear that his son was unlawfully detained or possibly killed in custody. Later, an FIR No. 18 dated April 5, 1993, from Sultanpur Lodhi police station surfaced, stating that Palwinder Singh had been killed in a police encounter the same day. Following a Punjab and Haryana High Court order on September 12, 2005, the CBI took over the investigation and re-registered the case. After an extensive probe, a chargesheet was filed under sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 342 (wrongful confinement) and 218 (public servant framing incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture) of the IPC against the five accused police officers.
Time of India
31-05-2025
- Time of India
CBI court convicts 3 Punjab cops in 1993 fake encounter
1 2 3 4 Mohali: The special CBI court in Mohali on Saturday convicted three officers of Punjab Police in a fake encounter case dating to 1993. It, however, acquitted two officers due to a lack of evidence. The convicted officers are Karamjit Singh, the then ASI, who was sentenced to three years of rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs 50,000. He was also sentenced to a one-year term under Section 342 of the IPC. Manjit Singh, then an inspector, was sentenced to eight years in prison and fined Rs 50,000 under section 364 of the IPC. The court also sentenced him to five years of rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs 50,000 under Section 120-B of the IPC, along with a one-year sentence under Section 342 of the IPC. Gurmej Singh, then a sub-inspector, was sentenced to eight years and fined Rs 50,000 under section 364 of the IPC. Gurmej was also sentenced to five years and a Rs 50,000 fine under section 120-B of the IPC. Two constables, Kashmir Singh and Harjit Singh, were acquitted by the CBI court. The case was registered on orders passed by the Punjab and Haryana high court in a criminal writ petition filed by Darshan Singh on Sep 12, 2005. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 5 Books Warren Buffett Wants You to Read In 2025 Blinkist: Warren Buffett's Reading List Undo In this petition, he said on March 27, 1993, around 8.30am, ASI Karamjit, along with unknown police officials from Rawalpindi police station in Phagwara tehsil of Kapurthala, came to his house in Rawalpindi village and picked up his son, Palwinder Singh alias Pappu, in the presence of his parents and villagers. Thereafter, the whereabouts of Palwinder were not known. The petitioner alleged that he apprehended that his son was detained in some police station or the police might have eliminated his son and disposed of his body. Accordingly, FIR No. 18 registered on April 5, 1993, at Sultanpur Lodhi police station, relating to the encounter in which Palwinder was shown to have been killed on April 5, 1993, was re-registered in CBI. Upon completion of the investigation, CBI filed a chargesheet under sections 120-B, 342, and 218 of the IPC against Karamjit Singh, Manjit Singh, Gurmej Singh, Kashmir Singh, and Harjit Singh. The CBI court framed charges under sections 120-B, 342, 364, and 302 IPC against all five officers. After hearing the case, the court convicted three officers and acquitted two constables in the case.
