CHANDIGARH: An enquiry ordered by Punjab chief minister Beant Singh into allegations of custody death in Fategarh Saheb district has failed to make any headway

Bhajan Singh, a resident of Badeshi Kalan village, on May 24had filed a complaint at Mulanpur  police post that the dead body of his son, her Singh, had been found at the mortuary of government hospital at Fatehgarh Saheb. There was blood oozing out of the mouth of the youth,-Chief Gumam Singh a day earlier from his village, The Bahujan Samaj Party and certain Akal groups had agitated formers than a month to seek an enquiry to the death. The administration.

Appointed S.D.M. Fatehgarh Saheb, Hanjt Singh, as the enquiry officer, Despite the order, the enquiry has still to start, Evidently the police are putting pressure the civil administration not   to conduct the enquiry.

Article extracted from this publication >> July 24, 1992