MOHALI: Three years after former Punjab director general of police (DGP) Sumedh Singh Saini was named in a September 2020 FIR over the alleged fraudulent land sale in Kurali in Mohali district, the state police SIT filed challan against seven persons, excluding the former DGP.
The high court constituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by S S Srivastava, currently ADGP (security), filed the challan on December 2, stating that the investigation pertaining to Saini's involvement is pending.
Post investigation, appropriate action will be taken regarding Saini and the report will be submitted before the court, the challan filed before the court of additional district and sessions judge Ajit Atri has said.
Saini was arrested by the vigilance bureau in the case on August 18, 2021, when he had gone to the vigilance office in connection with another FIR. But he had to be released at midnight on August 19 as the high court declared the arrest "illegal".
This story is from the December 10, 2024 edition of Hindustan Times Punjab.
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