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‘Dead’ woman comes alive to rescue husband
Saurabh Malik
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, August 27
Dead men do tell tales of conspiracies and intrigues. Less than a fortnight after her husband was booked for her murder, “deceased” Charanjit Kaur of Jalalabad appeared before the Punjab and Haryana High Court this morning to tell how the police connived to first pocket Rs 4 lakh from his parents, and then to book him for her murder to save their skin.
And for adding a touch of authenticity to the production, how the cops planted a body and even sent it for post-mortem examination.
As the petition came up before Justice L.N. Mittal, Charanjit Kaur’s counsel Gurjit Singh Khaura stood along with her to say she was very much alive, while her husband Chamkaur Singh was in judicial custody for a murder that was never committed.
Charanjit Kaur and her father-in-law Jora Singh said Chamkaur Singh was “badly tortured” after being picked up by the police a day before the Independence Day. SHO Bhupinder Kaur and DSP Gurdarshan Singh demanded Rs 4 lakh for his release, before the warrant officer appointed by the high court found him detained illegally on August 20.
After being discovered, Bhupinder Kaur claimed an FIR for murder had been registered under Section 302 of the IPC against Chamkaur Singh for his wife’s murder.
“Even the body of a woman was planted upon Chamkaur Singh by Bhupinder Kaur and Gurdarshan Singh just to save their skin. The body was sent for postmortem to Jira civil hospital and was then referred to Faridkot medical college,” the petitioners asserted.
The two said the story was concocted after Charanjit Kaur’s father and the two police officials connived following a minor matrimonial altercation between Chamkaur Singh and his daughter.
Building up a case for CBI probe, they concluded, “Keeping in view the peculiar facts and circumstances of the matter, particularly the fact that police officials, including the top brass, are involved, minute consideration is necessary.
Hence, the investigation of the case must be handed over to the CBI”. Taking up the matter, Justice Mittal has put the state and other respondents on notice for September 9.