CBI books top Punjab police officer
Chandigarh: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday booked Punjab Police Inspector General Sumedh Singh Saini for allegedly abducting a youth in 1991 with the intent to murder him.
Saini, a controversial but daring Indian Police Service (IPS) officer who was actively involved in counter-terrorism operations in Punjab in 1980s and early 90s and is presently director-vigilance, has been booked with three other Chandigarh police officials and other unidentified officials.
The whereabouts of the Sikh youth, Balwant Singh Multani, who was picked up at the behest of Saini after an assassination attempt on the police officer here Aug 29, 1991, remains a mystery. Most people though believe that Multani was eliminated by Saini and others.
Others booked by the CBI include Chandigarh police officials Baldev Singh (now retired), Harsahai Sharma and Jagir Singh.
Saini was then the senior superintendent of police in the Chandigarh police when a powerful bomb blast took place on the route on which his high-security motorcade was moving in Sector 17 here.
Saini survived the deadly blast that killed three other security personnel accompanying him.
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