Chandigarh, July 1

The Punjab Government has decided to file a special leave petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court against the Punjab and Haryana High Court order quashing the findings of an SIT probe in the Kotkapura police firing case.

Sources said CM Capt Amarinder Singh had given his approval for filing the SLP.

The HC had rapped the SIT, headed by then IGP Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, for carrying out a “politically motivated” probe. It had ordered forming another SIT minus Vijay Pratap. — TNS

Kotkapura probe: Punjab to move SC against HC order
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