By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh
25th October:- In the case of arson of two shops in Palsora in the
intervening night of October 14-15, the victims have accused SHO Sec 39 Rajdeep
Singh and two other officers of Chandigarh Police -Manjit Singh & Sewa
Singh of protecting the accused, harassing victims & adopting delaying
tactics to slow down pace of investigation in the case. The owner of Jindal
Sales Corporation Sanjeev Jindal has given a formal complaint to Hon'ble
Governor of Punjab & UT Administrator , UT Adviser, IG, Chandigarh
& SSP, Chandigarh demanding an investigation into the 'suspect' role of SHO
Sec 39 & his Juniors in the case, by a higher level investigating agency.
It is pertinent to mention here that in the Palsora
arson the two shops Jindal Sales Corporation & Vishal Toys owned by Umender
Kumar were reduced to ashes thus causing loss of lakhs to the owners. It
is said in the complaint that the Fire Brigade came late & when it came it
did not have adequate water to douse the flames.
Sanjeev Jindal said that it is serious negligence
of fire department. It was season of Deewali, which is maximum prone to
fire incidents. And fire brigades are kept ready, on red alert and equipped to
meet any eventuality of fire. But the first fire brigade totally failed to
control the fire as it was without water. Had the fire brigade been working
properly, our complete stock would have been saved. An enquiry against
negligent fire officer should be ordered so that we are compensated for our
loss.
What's more, despite the victims alleging
conspiracy the police simply brushed it aside saying it was a short circuit and
did not call for forensic team, dog squad, investigating of call details or any
proper investigation. Not just this police totally ignored the CCTV footage of
the incident.
What the police should have done was given effect
by victims who checked the CCTV footage and saw in it that a man had burnt down
the shops, he was identified as Surjit who used to work in Vishal Toys about 3
years ago. The CCTV footage was shown to media by Sanjeev Jindal &
Umender. It was further informed that the victims caught hold of Surjit
& handed him over to the police. Sanjeev Jindal in his
complaint has said that Surjit is not acting alone and that there is a bigger
conspiracy involving a mastermind in this case. In the complaint against the
SHO it's said that Surjit's statement was taken in which he has taken the name
of the mastermind behind the arson but the police is not arresting that person
for reasons best known to them. Sanjeev Jindal has alleged that the
police have only put section 435 which relates to Mischief by fire or
explosive substance with intent to cause damage whereas section 307(Attempt to
murder) & 120 B(Criminal Conspiracy) should also have been added. The
reason Jindal says is that the Complainant & his workers were sleeping
inside the shops at the time of arson as it was usual practice during Diwali
time and Surjit knew this being resident of Palsora & still he gave effect
to the fire incident. The people inside were lucky to have escaped alive. 120 B
has been demanded as victims are sure that there is Criminal Conspiracy due to
business rivalry in the case.
Umender Kumar sad that initially, Surjit had
accepted that he had burnt the shops by taking money from someone. Later on, he
changed his statement that he has done it himself. Police is shielding the
person behind the fire incident. And Surjit has confessed that he has committed
theft. We do not have any faith in the SHO & Investigating officer so
the case should be handed over to a higher agency to bring out the truth in the
matter.
While talking to the SHO Rajdeep Singh about
the case, he was on leave and acting SHO Surinder Kumar replied that he is
looking into the case at his end. If find anything wrong and involvement of
other persons, he will definitely be arrested.
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