[Mohali,Punjab] Congress Captain In Punjab Amarinder Promises to Investigate ‘Fake’ Encounters
Capt Amarinder Singh said that If Congress comes to power in Punjab, the “fake” encounters during militancy as claimed by a former cop will be investigated, Capt Is party’s state unit chief .
The PCC president said what Gurmeet Singh Pinky, an alleged militant-turned-policeman, has alleged appears to be the “tip of the iceberg” only and the Congress government will find out the entire truth.
Pinky, who was released from jail in May after serving a sentence for murdering a youth, has alleged that he was witness to at least 50 “fake” encounters and that the bodies had been disposed of as “unidentified”.
“As a civilised society, we cannot allow such things to happen and those who did it must face the music,” the former Chief Minister said after participating in a ‘dharna’ staged by ‘Shikhya Providers’ (Education Providers) for their regularisation.
He said Pinky had made “shocking” claims which cannot be accepted in a constitutional and democratic society. “We will reach the root of the matter and ensure that the guilty are punished,”
About the ‘Shikhya Providers’, Amarinder said all of them will be regularized if the Congress forms government.
He questioned why the government was not regularising their services when it had announced to recruit one lakh people in the government jobs.
The PCC President claimed that his party was “far ahead” of the ruling SAD-BJP alliance and was certain to form the next government.
He said Aam Aadmi Party may be able to cause some noise but when it comes to elections, it really did not have any scope in Punjab leave aside forming the government.
He said Punjab had suffered during the 10 years of Akali “misrule” and it cannot afford another five years of “chaos”.
“People are wise enough to make a distinction as what we did between 2002 and 2007 and what Akalis did in ten years and what the AAP has done in Delhi,” Amarinder said.
He said Punjab needs a government which has both competence and experience and only Congress can provide that government.