CBI Court Holds Former SHO, Then ASI Guilty

A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Mohali on Friday convicted former station house officer (SHO) Gurbhinder Singh (72) and former assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Parshotam Singh (70) in a 1992 fake encounter case in which two persons were killed at Majitha in Amritsar.

- Hillary Victor

MOHALI:

The court acquitted former deputy superintendent of police (DSP) SS Sidhu and former inspector Chaman Lal, granting them the benefit of doubt. The quantum of punishment will be pronounced on February 4.

Anmol Narang, public prosecutor for the CBI, said Gurbhinder and Parshotam were convicted under Section 302 read with 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for the murder of Baldev Singh, alias Deba, and Lakhwinder Singh, alias Lakha, alias Ford. Gurbhinder was also convicted under Section 218 of the IPC, while Parshotam was convicted under Section 120-B of the IPC read with Section 218.