Punjab

Kotkapura firing case: Sukhbir Badal to appear before Faridkot court today

Chandigarh: The hearing in the Kotkapura firing case related to the Bargari sacrilege case in Faridkot will be held today in Faridkot court.
    Earlier, the case was heard on May 30. During the hearing, SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal appeared before the court, while the other accused had got their attendance waived from the court.
     There are two FIRs 129/18 and 192/15 registered in the Kotkapura firing case. The SIT, headed by ADGP L K Yadav and SSP Bathinda Gulneet Singh Khurana, has submitted a 2,400-page supplementary challan a day before the death of former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal.
Earlier, on February 24, 2022, a 7,000-page charge sheet was filed in the Faridkot court.
    Former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, then DGP Sumedh Singh Saini, then IG Paramraj Umrangal, SSP Moga Charanjit Sharma, SSP Faridkot Sukhmander Mann, DIG Ferozepur Amar Singh Chahal and then SHO City Kotkapura Gurdeep Singh have been named as accused in the case.