Nikhil Bhardwaj

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, July 22

A day after the registration of an FIR against former SAD councillor Tanvir Dhaliwal and others on the charges of firing at a realtor, senior leadership of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today met Police Commissioner Rakesh Agrawal and demanded an impartial inquiry into the case.

The SAD leaders termed the allegations fake and motivated. Agrawal accepted the demand and formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) under the leadership of Joint Commissioner of Police, Headquarters, J Elanchezhian. The team also comprises of ADCP Jaskiranjit Singh Teja and Sadar SHO Jagdev Singh and would conduct probe within one week and submit report.

Dhaliwal also accompanied the SAD leaders to the CP’s office. “The allegations against me of chasing Prem Singh’s car and then firing at him are totally false. We did not chase Prem, so the question of raining bullets at him does not arise. We have full faith in the city police and the SIT will find out the truth,” Dhaliwal said.

Senior SAD leader Maheshinder Grewal said the SIT should also question those at whose behest the police registered the case.

“It could be possible that some senior police official or senior politician had forced the police to register the case without verifying facts. The CCTV footage only shows a Swift Dzire car and without identifying the occupants of the car, the Sadar police named Mintu Grewal, Ravi Sekhon, former SAD councillor Tanvir Dhaliwal, Amit Kumar and Simran Singh in the FIR. Let the probe report come, we will register a case against Prem Singh for filing a fake complaint,” Dhaliwal added.

The incident took place on the night of July 19 and the complainant had submitted the CCTV footage to the police.

Monday incident

Complainant Prem Singh told the police that on Monday around 11.40 pm, he was heading towards Omaxe flats on the Pakhowal road. He noticed a Swift car chasing him and suspecting something suspicious, he accelerated his car. Occupants of the Swift car then paralleled their car with his and accused Mintu Grewal fired at him but he had a miraculous escape.