Police file chargesheet against four in Moga incident

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Police have submitted challans against Ranjit Singh from Bathinda (driver), Sukhwinder Singh alias Pamma from Fazilka (conductor), Gurdeep Singh from Moga and Amar Raj from Bathinda, both helpers.

All four have been booked under Sections 302, 307, 354, 120-B, 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and other sections of the SC/ST Act.

A total of 30 witnesses, including some other passengers, were named in the chargesheet but all expressed their unwillingness to be part of the high-profile case in any manner.

A horticulture officer, Tarsem Singh, who came forward on the second day of the incident, claimed that he “saw or heard nothing like molestation” on the bus.

The five other passengers, Vijay Kumar from Bathinda, Gagandeep Singh from Jalalabad, Paramjeet Singh from Bathinda and a couple, Jagtar Singh and Amarjeet Kaur, from village Rode, who were traced by the police almost a month after the incident, have claimed that “they were sleeping and never paid any heed to what was going on at the back seats” where the incident allegedly happened.

“All passengers have said they saw or heard nothing. Their final statement will be recorded in the court,” said a senior Moga police official.

“The prime eye witness in the case is the mother. Other passengers are neither accepting nor denying the molestation incident. However, now the matter is sub judice and the court will decide. We have submitted the chargesheet within 90 days,” said Moga SSP J S Khaira to The Indian Express.