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This is an archive article published on May 7, 1999
Undertrial produced before Kharar SDM
KHARAR, May 6: Swaran Singh, a undertrail lodged at the Ludhiana Central Jail was produced in the court of Kharar Sub-Divisional Judicial...
KHARAR, May 6: Swaran Singh, a undertrail lodged at the Ludhiana Central Jail was produced in the court of Kharar Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate SDJM, Neelam Arora, this afternoon, in connection with a car theft case registered against him at SAS Nagar police station.
The court has fixed May 19 as the next date of hearing. Speaking outside the court, Swaran Singh, who had alleged that he was branded by some jail officials on May 1 around 11 p.m. and the word 8220;daku8221; written in Punjabi on his back with a hot knife. He also said that efforts were being made to persuade him to withdraw charges.
Swaran Singh alleged that Balwant Singh Majitha, SHO, Phase-8, SAS Nagar, had registered a false case of car theft against him. He said the car owner was ready to file an affidavit in court that his car had not been stolen by Swaran Singh, but the police were pressurizing him against this.
Swaran Singh further said that he was a resident of Ludhiana and practicing Aurvedic BAMS doctor. He said that a quarrel with the son of then Punjab Director General of Police DGP had landed him in trouble since July 15, 1991, and he had been booked for several false cases by the Punjab police. He also showed his back on which the word 8220;daku8221; in Punjabi was written allegedly by some jail officials. But the police party accompanying him did not allow clicking a picture of his back.
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