Chandigarh: Facing more embarrassment, Punjab Police on Monday released the two Sikh brothers arrested last month in the main sacrilege case of the Guru Granth Sahib. Officials said they had “nothing more to investigate” against them, a day after the case was handed over to CBI by the Punjab government.
Their release came after Punjab police moved an application under Section 169 of CrPC (deficient evidence) in the court of Judicial Magistrate Satish Kumar here.
“We don’t require their judicial custody, but they will remain part of the probe,” ADGP IPS Sahota told PTI.
Rupinder Singh and Jaswinder Singh, brothers of Panjgrain Khurd village, were arrested by police in connection with the first incident of sacrilege of Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji at Bargari village in Faridkot that had triggered protests by Sikhs across Punjab and worldwide.
Advocate Shivkartar Singh said police had moved an application before the court here stating that they don’t have sufficient evidence against the duo.
“Both the brothers have been released from the Fardikot jail this evening,” he said.
Earlier, the brothers alongwith their family members and various Sikh leaders had claimed that the two were falsely implicated by police in the sacrilege case.
After their arrest, police had claimed foreign hand behind the incident of sacrilege with connections linked to Australia and Dubai.
Meanwhile, Sahota said “the investigation was under process.”
Rupinder had undergone treatment of spinal injury (check tennesseespinesurgeon.com/is-your-office-chair-damaging-your-spine this link)at PGIMER at Chandigarh for a few days recently before being again shifted back to Faridkot jail.
Both the brothers had refuted the allegations of Punjab police and pleaded their innocence.