How can DSP probe charges against his senior SSP: Amarinder

Congress leader Amarinder Singh today said that the appointment of DSP in probing the charges against his senior SSP officer was done by the Punjab government with an intention to "delay and deviate" the course of investigation into the October 14 firing incident.
Referring to the ADGP IPS Sahota's recent reported statement that a Deputy Superintendent of Police rank officer will investigate the police firing in Faridkot in which two Sikhs were killed and over 70 others were injured, Singh said that it was "not a simple" case of murder.
Congress Deputy Leader in Lok Sabha said, "How can a DSP inquire and investigate against an Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), who is two ranks senior to him?" he asked.

The Congress leader said that this was yet another attempt by the state government to either "hush" the matter, or "delay and deviate" the course of investigation.
Singh pointed out that in this case, an SSP rank officer is an accused, who ordered the firing.
The former chief minister maintained that from day one, the intentions of the government appears to be not reaching to the truth, but shielding the guilty who ordered firing on peaceful protesters killing two of them.

"This will further shatter people's conference in your probe instead of restoring it," he told the government in a statement.

After the firing incident, Punjab police had booked a "police team" under section of murder and Arms Act.
A case was registered on October 21 against police in connection with the firing.
"The case had been registered against unidentified police personnel," an official spokesman had said.
"The police party was headed by Charanjit Singh, the then SSP/Moga," the spokesman had said.
Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota, ADGP-cum-Director, Bureau of Investigation has ordered for the registration of a case.
After the incident, Sikhs took to streets across Punjab paralysing the state, demanding action against the guilty cops and those behind sacrilege of holy books.