Kunwar Vijay Partap transferred from SIT

April 8, 2019 - PatialaPolitics

In a major development, the Election Commission has relieved Inspector General of Police Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh from the special investigating team probing cases of sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib and police firing at Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan in related incidents.

The action has been taken following the complaint filed against him by the Akali Dal.

“The matter was examined and it was found that the officer gave politically motivated interview to a TV channel on 18 and 19 march 2019 about ongoing investigation by SIT and made certain political comments. It has also been observed that the contents of the part of the interview has political connotations and has the potential to show certain political leaders in poor light”, the Commission said while recommending action against him for the same.

This may impact the invesgitations into politically sensitive cases of sacrilege related cases.