ETO Suicide Case: PPS officer Amandieep Kaur reinstated, posted as SP, GRP
Chandigarh, July 18 , 2017 : Finally, Punjab government has ordered reinstatement of woman PPS officer Amandeep Kaur whose name figured in the suicide case of ETO Ranjit Singh in 2011.
Amandeep Kaur has , for the time being, been posted as SP, Operations, GRP, Ludhiana.
According to her posting orders, it has been recorded that she was reinstated, pending inquiry on July 10, 2017 and joined on duty on July 12, 2017 .
File Photo: Amandeep Kaur in Mohali court in police custody
Interestingly, senior IPS officer ( now posted as ADGP, STF ) Harpreet Sidhu, as IGP along with senior IAS officer Manasvi Kumar, had conducted an inquiry into the ETO’s suicide. The deceased was arrested on bribery charges by a VB team led by superintendent of police (SP) Amandeep Kaur in March 2011.
Soon after his release on bail, Ranjit Singh had poisoned himself to death.
The probe report had revealed how the SP, then posted at the Ludhiana VB office, had fraudulently trapped the ETO with the help of the other accused traders Rajinder and Rajiv Sood, head constable Harminder Singh and one Paramjit Singh.
The district court Mohali had framed charges of abetment to suicide against the SP in May 2014.
File photo: ETO Ranjit Singh who had committed suicide in his Mohali house
All accused were booked on “prima facie sufficient evidence” under sections 306 (abetment to suicide), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and other sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) pertaining to criminal intimidation, forgery and framing of false evidence, and sections 7 (taking illegal gratification), 8 and 13(2) (criminal misconduct) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The SP had surrendered in the court on January 15, 2013. The SAS Nagar police had lodged the FIR against the main accused in July 2012 after getting directions from the court. The ETO’s widow, Manjit Kaur, has since been fighting a legal battle.
Background:
Timeline ( courtesy HT )
March 29, 2011: SP Amandeep Kaur arrests ETO Ranjit Singh on charge of bribery after laying a trap
April 22: ETO commits suicide after his release on bail
July 9: Inquiry panel indicts SP, others
Jan 2-8, 2013: Accused Paramjit Singh, Rajiv Sood arrested
Jan 9: SP declared proclaimed offender
Jan 15: SP surrenders in court
Mar 26: Court grants bail to accused
Sept 4: FIR in fake trap case against ETO cancelled
May 28, 2014: Charges framed against SP, others
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The SAS Nagar district court on Monday issued arrest warrants of all five accused in the infamous ETO suicide case registered against superintendent of police (SP) Amandeep Kaur and four others around three months ago.
Updated: Nov 27, 2012 12:46 IST
http://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/eto-suicide-case-arrest-warrants-against-sp-4-others/story-O23VZBPnaoWYLmdNmg8I5K.html
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ETO suicide case: All accused, including SP, get bail
http://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/eto-suicide-case-all-accused-including-sp-get-bail/story-68BccfnD0LZ0lSWmGrnlvO.html
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ETO suicide: Court frames charges against suspended SP, four others
Days after he was granted bail, he committed suicide by consuming poison at his phase 2 residence.
Read related news at Indian Express link :
http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/eto-suicide-court-frames-charges-against-suspended-sp-four-others/