Terming the probe into the Kotkapura firing case as totally fair, impartial and unbiased, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Saturday said his Government will challenge in the Supreme Court any orders of the High Court for quashing the investigation of the Punjab Police SIT or removing its chief.

Reacting to reports in this regard, the Chief Minister said he has directed the state government’s legal team in the case to examine the orders of the Punjab & Haryana High Court as soon as the copy is received, and prepare to challenge the same in the apex court if either the SIT probe is directed to be scrapped or its leader is asked to be removed.

He said he had full faith in the state’s legal team, headed by Siddharth Luthra, Senior Advocate from Delhi, that has appeared for the state in the case before the High Court. The case will be taken to its logical conclusion and nobody who is guilty will be spared, irrespective of their political affiliation or position, said the Chief Minister.

 Declaring his commitment to fulfilling every single poll promise of his government, including ensuring the much-awaited justice for the families of the victims of the firing case.

Expressing full confidence in SIT chief Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, and the probe conducted so far under his supervision, the Chief Minister said he was an extremely competent and experienced officer who had been working relentlessly on the case since the Special Investigation Team was constituted.

He pointed out that the investigations were in an advanced stage, with four challans already filed against persons in the 2015 case that followed the Bargari sacrilege incident, with final reports submitted to the sessions court for trial.

CM USING CASE TO IMPLICATE BADAL FAMILY, SAYS SUKHBIR BADAL

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday said the Punjab and Haryana high court order quashing the SIT formed by the Congress Government in the Kotkapura police firing case had made it clear that the chief minister was not interested in finding the guilty but was using the case to implicate the Badal family.

He said it was now clear that the SIT was formed to indulge in political vendetta.

“What we have been maintaining since day one that the entire investigation is being done with malicious intent has been proved. Capt Amarinder Singh took a oath to take action against those responsible for sacrilege of Sri Guru Granth Sahib but has played with the sentiments of the people by indulging in a political investigation and has wasted four years in this process,” Badal said, addressing a press conference here.