Lawyer held in Behbal Kalan firing case

BATHINDA: The SIT investigating into Behbal Kalan firing case of October 2015, in which two persons were killed, on Tuesday arrested a Faridkot-based lawyer.
Officials were tight-lipped on accused Suhail Singh Brar’s involvement in the incident. However, a source said Brar’s licensed weapon was used to fire at a police vehicle to show that the protesters were fired upon in retaliation.
The police vehicle on which gunshots were fired was attached with then Moga SSP Charanjit Singh Sharma’s cavalcade.
SIT member and inspector general of police Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh confirmed the arrest. He, however, said nothing much could be divulged about the case. After the police firing incident, Sharma’s escort vehicle was taken to a car workshop, owned by a friend of an SP-level officer, where shots were fired at the vehicle, according to the probe so far.
It is after a long time that an arrest has been made in the case. Sharma was arrested on January 27, 2019. The charge sheet has been filed in the court, but the case has not been taken due to change of Faridkot district and session judge and now due to lockdown.