Tribune News Service

Faridkot, June 30

Residents of Sadhawala village today staged a dharna in front of the SSP office, accusing senior police officials of shielding a cop who was responsible for the death of Resham Singh (55) on June 16.

“The police had sought a 10-day time to probe the matter. We kept Resham Singh’s body in a mortuary for want for justice. However, even after two weeks, no probe has been initiated,” alleged Gurcharan Singh, village sarpanch.

DSP, Faridkot, Satwinder Singh Virk said an SP-rank official was investigating the incident. However, the sarpanch said villagers would not perform the last rites of Resham Singh till the accused police official was arrested. Resham Singh died due to a shock after his 30-year-old son was implicated in a drugs case out of “political vendetta”.

The youth was picked up from his residence by five cops in civvies. Later, a criminal case for possessing 110 tablets of drugs was filed against him.

On June 18, Sadhawala villagers had blocked the Faridkot-Ferozepur road.