There was an important court judgement in Amritsar yesterday. Three persons were acquitted for the killing of a Nihang leader, Ajit Singh Poohla. This sensational case relates to August, 2008 when some people sprinkled diesel on Poohla in his cell in jail and set him on fire. They managed to get the diesel from the generator in jail for the purpose. Poohla suffered 70 per cent burns and later died in the hospital. The three persons have been acquitted for want of evidence. Three others had been acquitted earlier.
Why is this case sensational? It is because Poohla had been a law on to himself. There were numerous cases against him, including the murder of seven members of a family. He had been actively working for the police because of which he used to move around with as many as 40 official gunmen and more than 70 weapons. His word was law and he was a terror in the entire state of Punjab, especially the border belt.
He was finally arrested in 2008 following the efforts of Col G.S. Sandhu, who was heading the Majha Ex-servicemen Association, and put in jail where he was attacked. Within the jail too he was a law on to himself.
This case is important because it brings to light the lawlessness that had prevailed in Punjab ones and the kind of extra-constituential powers that some people enjoyed. It is important that such elements are never allowed to function again.
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