3 years imprisonment to three police officers involved in the 1992 Surjit Singh kidnapping case

Surjit Singh was abducted by the police from village Bhorsi Rajputan on 7th May 1992

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On May 7, 1992, Surjit Singh was abducted by the police from village Bhorsi Rajputan. It was later said that a pistol was recovered from him at a checkpoint showing his arrest on 8th May. Then the police said that the accused escaped from police custody.

Surjit Singh's wife filed a petition in the High Court on this matter, after which the High Court ordered a CBI investigation in 2003. In the CBI investigation, 9 police officers were found guilty and a case was registered against them. A charge sheet was filed in this case.

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Today, the verdict came in the CBI court in Mohali, in which three police officers, retired IPS officer Balkar Singh, former inspector Udham Singh and current sub-inspector Saab Singh have been found guilty. All of them have been sentenced to three years imprisonment. 

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