New Delhi: A suspected militant couple, Sarvan Singh and Inderjeet Kaur, arrested with much fanfare by the Delhi police barely 48 hours before Aug. 15, were on Aug. 20 discharged by a Delhi court after I the prosecution submitted that “no case could be made out” against the two in the Capital.
Sarvan Singh, believed to be a resident of Harvindra in Batala district, was however remanded in custody of Punjab police who want him for alleged terrorist activities in the State.
The husband and wife had been arrested under Section 41(1)(a), CrPC, which permits a police officer to arrest persons without the order of a magistrate on reasonable suspicion that the person arrested may I be involved or wanted in some offence.
The couple had been placed in police remand on August 3 for one week by the Metropolitan Magistrate, Rakesh Garg. The police had alleged that the newly-wed couple had come to Delhi for a specific mission which had yet to be ascertained at the time of their arrest. Inderjeet Kaur, believed to be the sister of dreaded terrorist Gian Singh — convicted in the Sant Har Chand Singh Longwall assassination case — reportedly married Sarvan Singh a month before coming to the Capital. (Statesman Aug. 21).
