Few Punjab Police personnel can also be spotted in the video, assisting and teaching Moose Wala as he fires from the official weapon at the target. Six cops have been suspended for flouting the norms.
Acting swiftly against controversial Punjabi pop singer, Sidhu Moose Wala, Barnala police on Monday registered criminal cases against him and five police personnel.
The cases were registered on directions of Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta, who also ordered immediate suspension of DSP Headquarters Sangrur, Daljit Singh Virk, pending enquiry on charges of delinquency in duty.
After the video went viral, the DGP directed SSP Sangrur to conduct a preliminary enquiry, which prima facie established that the DSP had facilitated the shooting at the firing range in village Badbar, at a time when the entire state is under curfew. On receipt of the report, a Departmental Enquiry was initiated against the DSP and cases were registered against the accused.
The accused have been identified as assistant sub-inspectors Balkar Singh, Antarjit Singh, Ram Singh; head constable Gurjinder Singh, and constables Jasbir Singh and Harwinder Singh.
The DGP took a stern view of the DSP’s act of deputing police personnel attached with him at the shooting range unauthorizedly, and acting in a manner unbecoming of an officer.
A criminal case, under sections 188 IPC and section 51 of the Disaster Management Act, has been registered at Police Station Dhanaula, District Barnala against Sidhu Moose Wala including three of his companions and 5 police officers, including one Sub-Inspector, two Head Constables and two Constables.
All the police officers are posted in Sangrur district and further investigations are in progress, an official spokesperson of the Police Department said.
Meanwhile, Punjab Police Headquarters has moved a reference to the State Home department for initiating departmental enquiry against DSP Daljit Singh Virk, the spokesperson further disclosed.
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