DGP dismisses SHO in Jalandhar brothers’ abetment to suicide case, cop’s wife cries foul

Manavjit was also kept in custody for a day, something that his younger brother Jashanbir could not tolerate and he (Jashanbir) informed Manavjit of his intention to jump into the Beas. Despite Manavjit’s efforts to stop him, Jashanbir left his turban on the bridge and jumped.

Manavjit, in a bid to save his brother, also jumped into the river. Jashanbir’s body was found from the fields on the riverbank on September 2. The family refrained from cremating his remains until action was taken against the accused police officer. Manavjit Singh is still missing.

Meanwhile, after the dismissal of the SHO on Wednesday, his wife Sukhwinder Kaur spoke to the media wherein she claimed that her husband has been missing for three days. And in this regard, she had already filed a complaint at the police control room, Jalandhar.

“My husband was against drugs and he had apprehended several drug traffickers. He has received best officer awards, including one on August 15 this year. But now he is being portrayed as a criminal through a video recorded during the Covid period. In the video, which has gone viral, he is seen kicking a ‘rehri’ (pushcart). He did so then because he lost his family members to Covid including his brother and despite the government placing restrictions during the pandemic, people were spreading Covid by putting up ‘rehris’,” she said, adding that she will go to court and even meet the CM and DGP to seek justice.

She said that if Manavjit’s preventive arrest was made, it was because he had misbehaved with a woman constable at police division-one and allegedly threatened to strip her uniform.