Punjab government has taken
action in 258 cases out of 344 complaints so far allowed by the Justice (retd) Mehtab Singh Gill Commission, providing relief to the victims "implicated in false cases" registered during previous regime.
The commission was formed by the state government to look into the "false cases" registered during decade long SAD-BJP regime.
"Of the 344 complaints allowed so far by the Justice (retd) Mehtab Singh Gill Commission, investigating the false cases registered under the previous regime, action has so far been taken in 258 instances, bringing relief to the innocent victims implicated in these cases," said Justice (Retd) Gill in a release here.
Justice Gill submitted his ninth interim report to Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh here.
Giving details of the action taken, Gill said FIRs had been filed in the courts in 148 cases, while compliance of orders had been reported in 38.
In another 33 cases, proceedings had been initiated under section 182 IPC, and action had been taken against erring police officials in 10 cases. Compensation had so far been awarded in 29 cases, he told the Chief Minister, citing feedback received from the nodal officers.
Expressing satisfaction at the implementation of the Commission's recommendations, Gill said justice was finally being delivered to the victims of the "false cases", with the Chief Minister issuing strict directives to the police and other concerned departments to move expeditiously to take action as suggested by the Commission.
An official spokesperson said, of the total 4,351 complaints received, as on August 1, 2018, the Commission disposed of 1,539 complaints, of which 1,195 have been dismissed.
Bathinda district had reported 47 cases of action taken by police for cancellation of FIRs, followed by 17 from Moga district, 13 from Ludhiana, 12 from Tarn Taran and 11 each from Amritsar and Ferozepur, according to data received from the various districts.
Ludhiana had maximum number of four cases of action taken against errant police officials.
The ninth interim report dealt with 240 cases, of which seven were allowed by the Commission.
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