Arrested Punjab IAS officer Sanjay Popli’s son shot useless, household alleges homicide

By ANI

CHANDIGARH: Arrested Punjab Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer Sanjay Popli’s son died of gunshot accidents on Saturday. While the police stated Kartik Popli, died by suicide, his household, nevertheless, has claimed he was murdered.

“They tortured my child and killed him. They tortured my domestic help for evidence. The entire vigilance bureau and the DSP are under the pressure from the chief minister. This is the way they are killing people,” the distraught mom of Kartik Popli stated.

The incident comes days after the Punjab Vigilance Bureau arrested IAS officer Popli and his confederate on corruption prices. Anu Preet Kular, a relative of Sanjay Popli alleged that the “Vigilance people murdered him”.

“Vigilance team asked Sanjay Popli to sign on something otherwise it won’t be good for his son. They locked him in a room and took his son upstairs. We were standing downstairs and after some time we heard the sound of gunshots. The Vigilance people murdered him.”

SSP Kuldeep Chahal stated that the boy allegedly shot himself within the head together with his father’s licensed pistol. “The vigilance team had arrived (at IAS Sanjay Popli’s house) for an enquiry and heard a gunshot. After verification, they realized that his son had shot himself with his licensed gun. He was taken to a hospital,” SSP Chahal stated.

Popli and yet one more particular person have been arrested by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau final week beneath allegations of corruption. He was despatched to a four-day police remand. As his remand was ending in the present day, the vigilance group had landed up at his residence in the present day for an additional inquiry.

Officials stated that a number of gold and silver cash, money, cellphones and different digital units have been recovered from the residence of arrested IAS officer in the present day.