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Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh

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Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh

IPS, Punjab cadre, Resigned 2021

No published career transfer count.

  • Documented
  • One report
  • Years with no move on record

Led the Punjab SIT on the 2015 police firing on anti-sacrilege protesters; moved off it by the Election Commission on an Akali complaint, then had his probe quashed by the High Court as politically motivated. He resigned and won an assembly seat for AAP. Both sides accuse the other of politics; the site should present it that way.

The moves, and what came of them

Oldest first. Each fold is marked by how well the record holds it.

  1. Documented

    IG (Crime), member of SIT on the 2015 Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan firingIG (Counter Intelligence), Amritsar

    The Election Commission ordered him moved off the SIT and out of election work on a complaint by SAD MP Naresh Gujral about a media interview he gave.

    Up against
    Naresh Gujral; the Badal family (subjects of the probe), SAD MP (complainant); former CM Parkash Singh Badal (subject of the probe), Shiromani Akali Dal Government: Congress (Amarinder Singh), Punjab; transfer ordered by ECI.
    Reported reason
    The ECI acted on the SAD complaint about his interviews.
    The other side said
    ECI: the 'contents of the interview have political connotations and the potential to show certain political leaders in poor light'.
    Outcome
    Relieved from the SIT; returned to it in May 2019 after the poll code ended (Tribune).
    What became of the matter
    Probe quashed. On 9 Apr 2021 the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Justice Rajbir Sehrawat) quashed his SIT's Kotkapura investigation and chargesheet, calling it 'political theatrics' 'intended to create a narrative in favour of one political party and against the other' during the 2019 election, absolved Parkash Singh Badal of conspiracy, and ordered a new SIT without him (Indian Express). indianexpress.com highcourtchd.gov.in

    indianexpress.com

  2. Documented

    Inspector General of Police; head of the SIT on the 2015 Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan firingsPremature (voluntary) retirement

    The Punjab and Haryana High Court quashed the investigation and chargesheet of the SIT he led and said a fresh SIT could be formed without him. Two days later he applied for voluntary retirement. The CM first rejected it, praising him; he reiterated, and left the IPS. HT reported he had said in interviews that he faced turbulence and humiliation during the probe because high-profile persons were involved.

    Up against
    Parkash Singh Badal and others, Former Chief Minister (accused in his SIT's case), Shiromani Akali Dal Government: Amarinder Singh (Congress), Punjab.
    The officer said
    'I did my part. No regrets. I request everybody not to glamourise or politicise the issue. Each and every sentence of my report and chargesheet is an evidence in itself. It can't be negated in any manner. A guilty mind can't dare to face the mirror of truth.' (Facebook, quoted by HT)
    The other side said
    The High Court called the probe 'political theatrics', 'intended to create a narrative in favour of one political party and against the other during the [2019 Lok Sabha] election process' (IE), and found 'the conclusion that firing by the police was unprovoked, is against the record' (Tribune). It held that a CM talking to his DGP or district officials during a law-and-order crisis did not by itself show conspiracy (Tribune).
    Outcome
    Left the IPS in April 2021.
    What became of the matter
    Probe quashed. HC quashed the SIT's chargesheet and absolved Parkash Singh Badal of conspiracy; a fresh SIT was to be formed without him. Any appeal and its outcome not traced. tribuneindia.com

    Hindustan Times, Apr 2021 · The Indian Express, Apr 2021 · The Tribune, Apr 2021

Sources

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