Ex-SSP Among 4 Cops Held Guilty, Sentencing on April 4

CBI probe revealed that the accused abused their official positions to extort money by implicating persons in false cases

- Nikhil Sharma

MOHALI: The special CBI court in Mohali on Saturday convicted four cops, including then Moga senior superintendent of police (SSP) and then Moga SP (Headquarters), in the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act 18 years after the scandal hit the headlines in 2007.

The court of Rakesh Gupta, special judge, CBI, Mohali, convicted Devinder Singh Garcha, the then Moga SSP, Paramdip Singh Sandhu, the then SP(H), Raman Kumar, the then Station House Officer (SHO) Moga city police station and Amarjit Singh, inspector, the then Moga City police station in charge, under Section 13(1)(d) and 13(2) of the PC Act.

Raman was also convicted under section 384 (extortion) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), while Amarjit was held guilty under section 384, 511 (attempt to extort) of the IPC. The CBI court acquitted Barjinder Singh alias Makhan, the son of former Punjab minister Tota Singh and Sukhraj Singh of all the charges.