Kanwar Sandhu Raises Suspicion Over Punjab Police’s Story about Jagtar Singh Jaggi

Posted: 16 Nov 2017 01:02 PM PST
CHANDIGARH, Punjab—Kanwar Sandhu, renowned journalist and Aam Aadmi Party legislator from Kharar, has raised suspicion over the story being narrated by the Punjab police about the arrest of Scottish Sikh youth Jagtar Singh Jaggi.
In relation to the arrest, Sandhu said that his 35 years journalism experience in Punjab doesn’t allow him to trust the story cooked by Punjab police about Jaggi’s involvement in murders of Rashtriya Sikh Sangat leaders in Punjab.

“I don’t know Jaggi Johal or his family personally but on the face of it and having covered Punjab as a journalist for the past 35 years, I don’t find it convincing that a person from UK who comes here to get married would involved in the such matters here,” Kanwar Sandhu posted on his Facebook wall on November 14.
Citing a similar incident occurred during 1980s Punjab, Kanwar Sandhu wrote, “I am reminded of the infamous case of the arrest of Amarjit Singh from Canada in 1980s in Bihar. Let us also not forget, Punjab Police still has certain elements who are specialised in extra-judicial arrests and tortures. Amarjit Singh was of course innocent, was released and is now a powerful federal minister in Canada.”
Seeking intervention of Union government of India in this matter, Kanwar Sandhu said that the Indian government should conduct a joint enquiry in collaboration with UK government in this concern. “In case, there is evidence of his involvement in the crime, the information should be shared with UK Police and the Government,” he added.
Kanwar Sandhu further said that killings of RSS leaders in Punjab were carried out in an attempt to disturb peace and communal harmony in Punjab. He added that the Punjab Police were under tremendous pressure to resolve the cases and it is satisfying that they have made some headway but no innocent should be harassed especially a foreign national.