Accused in DGP’s father murder held in theft case

Jagdev has been booked along with his two cousins Gursewak Singh,Sarabhjit Singh and friend Shamsher Singh,all residents of Moga. The FIR has been registered at the city police station. While Gursewak has also been arrested,the other two are absconding. The two arrested will be produced before a local court on Tuesday.

The theft complaint was lodged by one Vijay Kumar,who deals in scrap. He complained that Jagdev along with others broke into his shop on Sunday evening and took away material worth Rs 19,500.

Jagdev’s counsel Ramesh Grover,meanwhile,has moved an application by Pritam Singh — a relative of Jagdev — before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Karunesh Kumar Kakkar alleging that the police were unnecessarily harassing him and implicating him in false cases. The CJM has asked the police to file a reply by Tuesday

The DGP’s father was murdered in 1991 and an FIR was registered against Jagdev’s family members including mother Pritam Kaur,brother Hardev Singh,sister Paramjit Kaur and three others.

Jagdev fled the country and went to USA and finally settled in Canada where he was granted citizenship. In the meantime,the police during the course of investigation also included his name in the case. The Supreme Court has already acquitted all his family members from charges of murder.

In 2008,Singh came back and surrendered before a court. The court granted him bail on April 6,2009 .