Punjab Ex-Top Cop Attends Virtual Hearing Lying On Bed, Warned By Court

Chandigarh:

Former Punjab police chief Sumedh Singh Saini, accused in 1994 triple homicide case, was “warned to watch out along with his manner” by a courtroom on Monday after he confirmed up on the digital listening to mendacity on his mattress.

Particular CBI choose Sanjeev Aggarwal requested Sumedh Saini to watch out in future along with his manner and “preserve the decorum of the courtroom” whereas attending the proceedings by means of video conferencing.

The choose additionally famous that although the previous cop stated he was unwell and down with fever, he didn’t produce a medical certificates on this regard to the courtroom.

“Accused no 1 Sumedh Kumar Saini has joined the proceedings by means of VC. Nonetheless, it’s noticed that he has joined the VC proceedings whereas mendacity on the mattress. On being requested, he submits that he’s unwell and is down with fever. Nonetheless, no medical certificates on this regard has been furnished or filed on document. Accused no 1 is, accordingly, warned to watch out in future along with his manner and preserve the decorum of the courtroom, whereas attending the proceedings/courtroom by means of VC,” the choose stated in his order.

Sumedh Saini and three different policemen are accused within the kidnapping and homicide of three individuals — Vinod Kumar, Ashok Kumar and their driver Mukhtiar Singh — in 1994 in Ludhiana.

The CBI has alleged that Sumedh Saini had hatched the conspiracy with different accused policemen Sukh Mohinder Singh Sandhu, Paramjit Singh and Balbir Chand Tiwari to settle a private rating in opposition to an car dealership in Punjab.

Vinod and Ashok have been chief financiers to Saini Motors. The case was registered in opposition to Saini and others on the orders of the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Court docket and was transferred to Delhi by the Supreme Court docket in 2004.