CHANDIGARH/ SHIMLA: Former Punjab DGP Sumedh Singh Saini and six others have been booked in a case related to the disappearance of a man after a terrorist attack here in 1991.
The case was registered against the former director general of police (DGP) and the other persons at the Mataur police station in Mohali on Wednesday evening, according to the first investigation report (FIR).
They have been booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections pertaining to abduction, causing disappearance of evidence of offence and criminal conspiracy, among others.
Hours after the case was registered, Saini was stopped by Himachal Pradesh Police after he tried to enter the hill state at 4 am on Thursday without a curfew pass amid the COVID-19-induced lockdown. (AGENCIES)
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