Mohali CBI court issues notice to declare Thakur Dalip Singh fugitive, directs him to appear on April 8
The CBI court has directed Thakur Dalip Singh to appear before the court on April 8 else he will be declared a fugitive.
PTC News Desk:A special CBI court in Mohali issued a public notice to declare Thakur Dalip Singh a fugitive (proclaimed offender) and directed him to appear before the court by April 8. If he fails to do so, he will be formally declared a Proclaimed Offender, the order states.
The order comes after nine years of investigation and continued disappearance of the accused.
Multiple cases were registered against Singh at three different police stations. His name came to the fore in the murder of Mata Chand Kaur, the conspiracy to attack Satguru Uday Singh and Mata Chand Kaur’s son-in-law Jagtar Singh, as well as in the murder of Namdhari Avtar Singh.
The investigation of these cases were handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in 2017.
“If he is declared a fugitive, the CBI and the police may initiate the process of attaching Dalip Singh’s properties,” said a senior police official.
What is the dispute ?
The issue surfaced after the head of Sri Bhaini Sahib, Satguru Jagjit Singh passed away in 2012. Before his death, he had not publicly announced a successor, which led to a dispute after his passing.
Satguru Thakur Uday Singh and Thakur Dalip Singh both claimed leadership.
Satguru Thakur Uday Singh was eventually declared the head, but Dalip Singh continued to oppose the decision. The dispute soon turned into criminal incidents.
According to the CBI, in December 2015, during the famous Harivallabh Music Festival in Jalandhar, a conspiracy was hatched to kill Satguru Uday Singh and Mata Chand Kaur’s son-in-law Jagtar Singh using a tiffin bomb. Dalip Singh was identified as the mastermind of the conspiracy, and an FIR was registered in Jalandhar.