A CBI court has issued open-ended non-bailable warrants against former Punjab Police Assistant Inspector General (AIG) Jagdip Singh on the basis of an application filed by the central agency on September 1.
Jagdip Singh, a resident of Phase 2, Mohali, has been declared a proclaimed offender in two cases involving disappearances, including the kidnapping, illegal confinement and disappearance of Mohinder Kaur, mother of Khalistan Commando Force (KCF) chief Paramjit Singh Panjwar, in November 1992.
The CBI prosecutor said the police raided Mohinder’s house while she was alone and kept her at the Jhabal police station in Tarn Taran for over two months. She went missing in November-end.
Jagdip Singh has also been implicated in a 1999 case relating to the disappearance of SGPC employee Aroor Singh. Seven persons were chargesheeted in that case. A lookout circular was issued for Jagdip in 2021.
The court observed in its order dated September 3, “According to information from Foreigners Regional Registration Officers (FRRO), Bureau of Investigation, Amritsar, Jagdip left India on February 1, 2021, via the Delhi airport to Canada. From 2023 onwards, the arrival of PO Jagdip Singh could not be traced.”
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