The Punjab government on Monday informed the commission that the home department has been asked to look into the complaint of alleged sexual misconduct against Kataruchak. Govt sends interim reply to SC commission According to the report by the Chandigarh DGP, the video was not morphed. On Saturday, the governor forwarded a forensic report of the video to chief minister Bhagwant Mann. The governor sent the video to the Chandigarh director general of police to check its authenticity. However, Khaira did not name the minister while submitting the video. Khaira also demanded that the minister be dropped from the cabinet if the video was found genuine. On May 1, Congress leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira handed over the “objectionable video” of the minister to governor Banwarilal Purohit for forensic verification. In the notice, the NCSC also directed the chief secretary and the director general of police, Punjab, to provide security to the victim, who, in a video message and a complaint to the commission, also accused the minister of issuing threats to him and his family. The SC commission had sent a notice to the state government asking it to investigate the allegations against the cabinet minister and submit the action-taken report immediately. The bureau of investigation has also asked the SIT head to provide security to the complainant. The SIT shall render assistance and support to the commission in investigation/inquiry into the matter,” reads the bureau of investigation order. “A special investigation team is hereby constituted to look into the matter and take appropriate action as per law. The SIT was constituted after NCSC chief Vijay Sampla on Friday issued a notice to the Punjab government seeking an action-taken report after receiving a complaint following an alleged objectionable video of Kataruchak. (Representational Photo)ĭays after the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) issued a notice the Punjab government, the state bureau of investigation on Monday constituted a three-member special investigation team (SIT) to look into the allegations of sexual misconduct against food and civil supplies minister Lal Chand Kataruchak.Īccording to the Punjab Bureau of Investigation order, the SIT will be headed by deputy inspector general (DIG border range, Amritsar) Narinder Bhargav, with Gurdaspur senior superintendent of police (SSP) Dayama Harish Kumar and Pathankot SSP Harkamalpreet Singh Khakh as its members. Chandigarh The SC commission had sent a notice to the state government asking it to investigate the allegations against the cabinet minister and submit the action-taken report immediately.
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