DSP & SHO jailed for accepting Rs 5 lakh as bribe from US NRI
to escape to USA in bigamy Case

 

Faridkot, Sep. 30, 2009
Surinder Mehta, NRIpress.com

Faridkot, Punjab sessions judge ordered a two-year rigorous imprisonment, a fine of Rs 8,000 each to two police officers, DSP Bhupinder Singh Khatra and SHO Major Singh for accepting Rs 5 lakh as bribe from US resident Amarjit Singh in exchange of tampering documents and detaching their passports from the records.

In 2001, NRI Amarjit Singh's first wife Pal Kaur of Dhudi village, accused her husband of keeping two wives. After the complaint:

• Amarjit Singh and his second wife Gurmit Kaur of Kosha Kotla village, were arrested.
• Amarjit and Gurmit got bail and approached DSP-Bhupinder Singh Khatra and SHO- Major Singh for help
• The police officers took Rs 5 lakh and detached the two passports from police record on the condition that they will returned the passport after the travel
• Amarjit Singh and his second wife Gurmit Kaur left the Country and the passports were sent back to his mother Raj Kaur. She delivered the passport to the police.

In June 2002, Amarjit Singh's first wife Pal Kaur came to know the whole story and approached the high court. On the directions of Punjab and Haryana High Court, the police had registered a criminal case against the Amarjit Singh and his second wife Gurmit Kaur.

The police also registered the case against the DSP, SHO and Atam Singh, Amarjit's brother. While the court held the two cops guilty, it acquitted Atam for lack of evidence.