In a development that may leave far reaching consequences, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has handed over the probe of a suicide incident that took place in Punjab’s Amritsar last month to an IPS officer of the Haryana cadre.
In that bizarre incident, a person snatched the pistol of an ASI, deployed as a Personal Security Officer (PSO) of a sitting judge of the High Court, and shot himself dead outside the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar. The High Court has now ordered that the incident be probed by Haryana cadre IPS officer, Manisha Chaudhary, currently posted at Panchkula as AIG (Administration) in the Haryana police. A total of three FIRs have been registered under different sections at different police stations on different dates in this incident.
The High Court has now entrusted Choudhary with the task of conducting and concluding investigation as expeditiously as possible. The court has also directed her to file a weekly compliance report detailing progress in investigation in the registry of the HC. These orders were passed by the division bench comprising Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Anil Kshetarpal while hearing a suo motu petition.
