Chandigarh, September 28, 2020: In a significant development, the Special Investigating Team (SIT) probing the Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan firing incidents has included the names of former DGP Sumedh Singh Saini and suspended IG Paramraj Singh Umranangal as accused in the Behbal Kalan firing case
sources said the SIT, headed by IG Kunwar Partap Singh, submitted the names of Saini and Umranangal as accused in the Faridkot court where the case is being heard.
Both Saini and Umranangal are already accused in the Kotkapura firing incident.
On October 14, 2015 hundreds of people had gathered in Kotkapura to protest against a sacrilege incident, which happened on October 12 in the nearby Bargari village, when police used tear gas, water cannon and even opened fire to disperse the protesters.
Two hours later, during protests in Behbal Kalan village police fired on the protesters, killing two.
Saini was serving as DGP when these incidents happened.
