CHANDIGARH: Political circles are agog with rumors of a fake militant attack on the lie of Col. Raminder Singh, son-in-law of Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, early this week.
According to one version doing the rounds here, the attack on Raminder Singh was engineered by top brass of the police.
Pen It may be mentioned that the police had reported early this week that a group of militants ambushed Co}, Raminder’ scar and fired few shots on it while he was on his way from Ropar to Chandigarh, The Colonel is a top officer in Punjab government’s sports department. He is always escorted by Punjab policemen and he travels by a government vehicle, Col, Raminder Singh reportedly escaped unhurt. ‘It is said that there was no real “militant attack on him. However, mysteriously within hours of the late evening attack on Col. Raminder Singh, the police reported that they had killed al) the three attackers near Bindrakh village in Ropar district in an encounter, The skeptics point out that the attack was fake and the killings of the three Sikh youths was a cover Up operation. ‘The real reason behind the incident, according to reports here, is that the police annual budget for 199495 faces a cut of about Rs 80 crore at the hands of the Punjab government, The incident was ¢engineered to frighten the chief minister that the Sikh militant threat was still! Around and that he should not financially weaken the police.Iris still not known whether Beant Singh has received the police message or not.
Article extracted from this publication >> December 24, 1993
