A Gurdaspur court on Thursday awarded former superintendent of police (SP) Salwinder Singh a jail term of 10 and five years in a case of rape and bribery.
Both the sentences will run concurrently. Also, the court of additional sessions judge Prem Kumar imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on Salwinder (55) who it held guilty on February 15 in the rape case registered against the former cop in 2016.
In August 2016, Salwinder was booked after a state government employee accused him of taking Rs 50,000 bribe to remove his name from an FIR (first information report) in a “false” rape case and also developing illicit relations with his wife on the pretext of visiting his house in connection with probe. The case was registered under Section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 13 (2) (criminal misconduct) of the Prevention of Corruption Act at the Gurdaspur city police station. Police said the man was booked in February 2014 for rape on a complaint that Salwinder was investigating.
Later that year, the Punjab government proceeded with his compulsory retirement citing his “controversial conduct throughout his service in the Punjab Police, starting as an assistant sub-inspector (ASI)”
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