SAD condemns SS Wazir, other Sikh leaders’ arrest

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 5: S Darbinder Singh, President, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Jammu and Kashmir, has expressed concern over the “wrongful arrests” of prominent Sikh leaders and social activists earlier in February this year.
Addressing media persons here, Singh said that Sudershan Singh Wazir, Chairman of Sikh United Front J&K; S Harjinder Singh Raina, former Secretary of DGPC Jammu, and S Jagpal Singh, Member of DGPC Jammu, are respected members of the society and charges against them are fabricated to malign their image.
“The three individuals were implicated in the murder of S Trilochan Singh Wazir,” said S Darbinder Singh, while requesting the investigating agencies to conduct narco tests and brain mapping of the trio to identify the real culprits.
He claimed that third parties have misled the investigating agencies for their own vested interests, which may include money, business, or political gains.
The speaker requested that the investigating agencies conduct a free and fair reinvestigation of the matter and demanded a CBI enquiry to identify the real culprits.
Kuldeep Kour, President of Istri Akali Dal, Jammu and Kashmir, mentioned that the investigating agency in Delhi had given a clean chit to Sudarshan Singh Wazir after investigation, and that the chargesheet submitted clearly showed that the accused, S Harmeet Singh, had confessed to shooting S TS Wazir in a fit of anger.
“Hence question of conspiracy doesn’t arise,” she said.
Those who attended the conference included S. Ravinder Singh, General Secretary of Shiromani Akali Dal J&K, S. Kulwant Singh Kahjuria.