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Two acquitted in
Hawara shelter case
WSN Network
Patiala: Finally, the fine yarn spun by Indian police fell apart.
Mohan Singh Kartarpur, 71, and Gurcharan Singh,55, both accused to
have given shelter to Beant Singh murder case convict Jagtar Singh
Hawara and alleged Delhi bomb blast perpetrators Jaspal Raja and
Vikas were acquitted by the court of Additional Chief Judicial
Magistrate K.S. Cheema here.
Mohan Singh and
Gurcharan Singh, both prominent Akali Dal activists and considered
to have been close to late Gurcharan Singh Tohra, were booked by the
Punjab Police vide FIR no.394 on July 15 in year 2005. A case
against them was registered at Patiala Sadar Police Station under
Sections 212 and 216 of the IPC for allegedly harbouring Hawara and
the two other accused of the Delhi blast case.
Mohan Singh and
Gurcharan Singh, according to the police and the prosecution, were
instrumental in facilitating a meeting between Hawara and the two
Delhi bomb blast accused.
This version of the
police was contested by senior advocate Barjinder Singh Sodhi, who
represented Mohan Singh and Gurcharan Singh as their counsel.
Certain police officials were also cross-examined in the case by
Sodhi, who, asserted that the accused had no criminal background and
had been implicated by the previous Congress regime. After hearing
the arguments of the two sides, ACJM K.S. Cheema acquitted Mohan
Singh and Gurcharan Singh.
6 August, 2008
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