A desperate fight for justice

In her determination to depose against the man who is allegedly responsible for her son and son-in-law going missing, 91-year-old Amar Kaur reached the Tis Hazari courts in an ambulance on Friday morning. She had been waiting for this day for more than 14 years. In March 1994 her son Vinod Kumar disappeared from the custody of the Ludhiana Kotwali police station along with his brother-in-law Ashok Kumar and driver Mukhtiyar Singh. They had been detained from February 23, 1994 till March 3, 1994. The main accused in the case is Director (Vigilance) Sumedh Singh Saini, who was then SSP Ludhiana. Testifying before Special CBI Judge Vinod Goel, Kaur pointed towards accused Paramjit Singh (the then SHO), charging him with wrongly taking her and her other son-in-law to the Focal Point police station in Ludhiana. When Kaur started... [read full story]