FIR registered against 8 police personnel for torturing ex Sikh army officer

UP Police has assured of strict action against guilty police personnel :

New Delhi, May 9, 2021 : On a complaint filed by the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) regarding custodial torture, unnatural maltreatment and insult to religion of ex Sikh army officer, UP Police has registered a case against 8 guilty police personnel and they are likely to be arrested soon.

Disclosing this in a statement issued here today, the DSGMC President Manjinder Singh Sirsa said that FIR No 22 has been registered at Police Station Puranpur today u/s 147, 323, 342 and 504 IPC against errant police personnel including Ram Naresh Singh, Rayees Ahmed and 6 others for mercilessly beating Resham Singh and resorting to unnatural torture and insulting his religion.

Sirsa said that SP Pilibhit Kirit Rathore has assured him that strict action would be taken against these police personnel. He said that he has also ensured justice for Resham Singh.

He thanked DSGMC Legal team led by Advocate Jagdeep Singh Kahlon, Jasdeep Singh Dhillon, Jaspreet Singh Rai, Varinderpal Singh Sandhu for ensureing legal actions in the matter.

It is worth mentioning here that the DSGMC had filed a criminal complaint with UP CM, Union Home Secretary and DGP UP in the matter and had demanded strict action against the guilty police personnel yesterday.

This incident had occurred under Puranpur Police Station in Pilibhit district of UP.

Sirsa said that the DSGMC will ensure that these guilty police personnel are dismissed from service and sent to jail for their sin.