Babbar Khalsa member to a murder convict cop: Controversial Punjab Police CAT Gurmit Pinky no more
Known for his links with radical terrorist group Babbar Khalsa, he entered Punjab police clout working as tout.
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Pinky and his gunmen had allegedly shot dead a Sikh youth Avtar Singh alias Gola on January 7, 2001. Gurmit Singh Pinky, the controversial militant-turned-Punjab Police “CAT” cop, died at a hospital in Chandigarh, Wednesday. Known for his links with radical terrorist group Babbar Khalsa, he had entered Punjab police clout working as tout and became infamous as “CAT” cop.
Close to former Punjab DGP Sumedh Singh Saini since militancy period, Pinky was enrolled as constable in 1988 and was promoted five times from 1989 to 1994 for “outstanding performance on terrorism front”. A report by a senior police official had also credited him for solving Punjab CM Beant Singh assassination case and encounters with several terrorists.
He used to be accompanied by gunmen with AK-47 rifles while living in Maya Nagar, Ludhiana for some years.
Pinky and his gunmen had allegedly shot dead a Sikh youth Avtar Singh alias Gola on January 7, 2001 in Ludhiana. The victim had purportedly asked Pinky and his gunmen to let him pass as they were allegedly drinking in the middle of the road. Pinky was convicted for murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. But he was out of jail after serving only seven years and seven months which had generated much controversy. He used to get frequent paroles and was also reinstated in Punjab Police despite conviction which had raised many eyebrows and reaffirmed the fact that he was the blue eyed boy of many senior Punjab Police officials.
His father a bank manager in Patiala, Pinky hailed from a middle class family and completed his graduation from Khalsa College, Patiala before family moved base to Chandigarh. He married twice and his second wife was a college lecturer.
Owning a sprawling farmhouse near Landran in Mohali, Pinky had once said, “The crops and cattle are now running my home. Now I am an agriculturist.”
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