chandigarhUpdated: Sep 15, 2020 14:28 ISTThe Supreme Court on Tuesday granted interim protection from arrest to former Punjab director general of police (DGP) Sumedh Singh Saini in the 1991 alleged murder case of a junior engineer, Balwant Singh Multani. He says he was granted bail by the trial court after the registration of the FIR, hence, it should continue. In 2008, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) also registered a case against him that was later quashed by the Supreme Court. Saini was part of the then director general of police KPS Gill’s team that helped eliminate terrorism in the state. The petition also said that after abatement of terrorism in Punjab, the applicant has been involved in unearthing scams and scandals.

Source: Hindustan Times September 15, 2020 08:59 UTC