Col's kin reject magisterial probe, demand CBI inquiry

Army officer's wife meets guv Kataria, says will hold protest outside Patiala DC office on March 22

- Karam Prakash

PATIALA: Even as the Punjab government on Thursday ordered a magisterial probe into the recent attack on a colonel and his son, allegedly by 12 cops over parking dispute in Patiala, the army officer's family rejected it, saying only CBI inquiry would do justice in the case.

Senior IAS officer Paramvir Singh, who is currently holding the charge of the Patiala municipal corporation commissioner, has been asked to conduct the probe. "The state government holds the members of the armed forces in highest esteem and reiterates its commitment for a fair and impartial inquiry into the matter. Patiala MC commissioner Paramvir Singh is appointed as the inquiry officer and is further vested with the powers of a special executive magistrate under Section 15 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, for this inquiry. He is directed to complete the probe within three weeks and submit his report," reads the order issued by the Punjab home department.

Jasvinder Kaur, wife of Colonel Pushpinder Singh, termed it an eyewash. "It's a tactics adopted by the Punjab government to safeguard their blue-eyed boys," said Jasvinder, after meeting Punjab governor Gulab Chand Kataria in Chandigarh. She was accompanied by her son Angad and another relative.