Look into murder case of lawyer: HC tells DGP

Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana high court has directed Punjab’s top cop to personally look into a probe in the 2020 murder case of a Hoshiarpur-based lawyer, Bhagwant Kishore Gupta, and file an affidavit on the steps taken by the investigating agency so far.The directions were issued to the state’s director general of police (DGP). “On the last date of hearing on May 2, this court had specifically directed the state of Punjab to make every effort to nab the fugitive and place on record the latest status report by the next date of hearing. The matter was adjourned for two months by this court with the hope that the matter shall be investigated fairly and impartially. Today, the state counsel prays for more time to file the latest status report. The DGP is directed to look into the matter personally and to file his affidavit with regard to the steps taken by the investigating agency so far,” observed the HC while adjourning the hearing to July 14. Advocate Gupta was found murdered in a burnt car on Phagwara-Chandigarh bypass in 2020 along with his associate lawyer, Siya Khullar.Justice N S Shekhawat has passed these orders while hearing a plea filed by the deceased man’s son, Sumanendra Gupta. The petitioner has sought directions to start attaching the property of the proclaimed offenders (POs) in the case.
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