Captain Amarinder Singh speaks to the media after submitting his resignation to Governor Purohit Banwarilal, at Raj Bhavan, in Chandigarh.
Clearing the air about the Punjab government reinstating the then Faridkot Superintendent of Police Bikramjit Singh, who is facing criminal charges in connection with the Behbal Kalan police firing, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Randhawa on Sunday said that the then Chief Minister Amarinder Singh orders were given.
Randhawa said in a statement that the former chief minister, who also held the home portfolio, had ordered the reinstatement of the police officer by withholding only one increment despite the then Additional Chief Secretary, Home not writing in favor of the officer.
He said in a statement that the then Additional Chief Secretary, Home, in a note sent to the Chief Minister on July 13, had written that during the course of the investigation the officer concerned was unable to produce any concrete evidence nor would he present any new evidence to prove it. could. his innocence.
After that Amarinder Singh ordered the reinstatement of Bikramjit Singh by withholding only one increment.
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