Chandigarh: Suspended AIG of Punjab Police kills IRS son-in-law, shoots him in court premises

A shocking incident has come to light in Chandigarh District Court on Saturday. The reason is that suspended AIG of Punjab Police Malvinder S Sidhu shot his son-in-law dead due to a land dispute. At the time of the incident, both the parties had come to the court for hearing. After this, the police arrested the accused Sidhu and registered a case and started further action. The deceased was an IRS officer and both the parties were having a land dispute in Mohali, which is pending in the court.

Giving information, Chandigarh SSP Kanwardeep Kaur said, “We received information about firing at the Mediation Center of the District Court at around 2 pm today. Police reached the spot and found that the name of the victim is Harpreet Singh and he was taken to the hospital, but he died there. The alleged accused was caught on the spot and taken into police custody and a weapon was recovered from him.”

The SSP said that the alleged accused is retired AIG of Punjab Police Malvinder Singh. The FSL team has been called to investigate the crime scene. We are also talking to eyewitnesses. It is being investigated from which gate the alleged accused entered the court. We have recovered a .32 bore pistol from him and we have recovered 4 fired bullets and 3 unused bullets. Divorce proceedings were going on between the two families and today was the fourth meeting at the mediation centre. Further investigation is being carried out.”