The Punjab Police’s investigation into dismissed constable Amandeep Kaur, who was arrested in a Narcotic Medication and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act case final week, has introduced a 2022 FIR that exposed her alleged hyperlinks to drug smuggling again into the limelight.
In July 2022, a girl named Gurmeet Kaur had lodged a criticism on the Ladies Cell police station in Bathinda, alleging that her husband Balwinder Singh was a gangster who was concerned in an extramarital relationship with Amandeep. She additionally accused Amandeep of misusing her place, supporting Balwinder in his unlawful actions, and utilizing her affect with senior police officers to guard him.
Almost three years later, the Bathinda police investigating Amandeep’s case are looking out for Balwinder. “Amandeep Kaur has been despatched to judicial custody. We’re but to search out out from whom she bought the heroin that was recovered from her. We’ve been looking for Balwinder Singh for a break within the investigation,” Harjeewan Singh, Station Home Officer, Canal Colony police station, mentioned.
Requested why the police didn’t detain or query Balwinder, SHO Harjeewan mentioned, “His title solely got here up in the course of the investigation.” Requested in regards to the 2022 FIR, he added, “That criticism should have been disposed of then.”
Within the 2022 FIR, Gurmeet mentioned that she bought married to Balwinder in October 2014, and so they had two daughters. “Aman Kaur misuses her police uniform to exert affect, and helps my husband in his unlawful actions. My husband provides heroin and possesses unlawful weapons, and he has ongoing court docket circumstances. He’s additionally concerned in theft and theft circumstances. Aman Kaur has hyperlinks with the DSP (deputy superintendent of police) and the SSP (senior superintendent of police) due to which she threatens me that I can’t do something in opposition to her,” Gurmeet alleged within the FIR.
“On March 9, 2022, I submitted a number of purposes, however Amandeep Kaur ensures that no listening to takes place. I first filed a criticism at Sadar police station, Bathinda. After that, I approached the ladies’s cell, after which I filed complaints practically 4 instances with the SSP Bathinda. Later, I additionally submitted my criticism to the IG (inspector basic) Bathinda. I even approached the deputy commissioner, Bathinda, however needed to return disillusioned,” Gurmeet mentioned within the FIR.
Gurmeet additional alleged that though her complaints have been marked to DSP Gurdeep Singh Sandhu, they have been ignored as a result of Amandeep had “robust hyperlinks” with him. She additionally claimed that Balwinder allegedly took a financial institution mortgage in her title and didn’t repay it, resulting in mortgage restoration brokers harassing her.
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“The mortgage quantity was allegedly given to Aman Kaur. Presently, my two daughters and I’ve no place to remain. I concern for our lives on account of fixed threats from my husband and Amandeep Kaur,” she alleged within the FIR.
On the time, the police investigation into the FIR solely confirmed the allegations of home abuse and harassment in opposition to Balwinder below sections 498A and 506 of the Indian Penal Code. “Nevertheless, the allegations in opposition to Amandeep Kaur should not presently substantiated on account of lack of proof, however additional motion shall be taken if extra proof emerges,” reads the report that’s a part of the FIR. The case is presently pending in court docket.
Amandeep was suspended and transferred after the inquiry into Gurmeet’s criticism in 2022, solely to be reinstated later. It was not the primary time that she had been reinstated after being suspended. Amandeep was suspended 4 instances in her 14-year service and reinstated each time.
‘Once more, they’re forcing me to stay silent’
Amandeep was arrested on April 2 after greater than 17 gm of heroin was allegedly present in her possession. A day later, Gurmeet arrived on the Bathinda police headquarters and made her allegations in opposition to Balwinder and Amandeep public. Her video and associated Fb submit went viral.
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Nevertheless, the police didn’t detain or arrest Balwinder on the time.
On April 4, Balwinder turned up at a neighborhood court docket and bought into an altercation with Gurmeet within the presence of the media. As Gurmeet confronted him, he slapped her a number of instances, and the incident was caught on digital camera.
Balwinder advised the media that he had come to file a defamation case in opposition to Gurmeet on the steerage of a DSP. “Gurmeet Kaur has been making false claims about me. So a DSP advised me to lodge a criticism in opposition to her and file a defamation case,” he mentioned.
Talking to The Indian Categorical, Gurmeet alleged that the police have been “not ” in investigating Amandeep’s alleged hyperlinks to senior cops. “The FIR in 2022 was registered after I sat on a dharna exterior police headquarters. Now, once more, the police are pressuring me to stay silent and have despatched me to my maternal house in Sirsa. The police have warned me in opposition to speaking to the media…they’re additionally threatening that my telephones shall be confiscated,” she alleged.
