Extradition of Bhai Paramjit Singh Pamma: Punjab police team returns to India

Posted: 30 Jan 2016

CHANDIGARH, Punjab—DIG (Patiala Range) Balkar Singh Sidhu and SP (Mohali) Ashish Kapoor who were sent to Portugal to submit extradition papers of Bhai Paramjit Singh Pamma, yesterday returned back to India.  They had submitted the papers on January 26 in the Lisbon court against Bhai Pamma.  The court had deferred the next hearing of case to February 15 after committing the case to the Ministry of Justice to decide whether to pursue hearing or not.
Commenting on the criminal complaint lodged against the duo along with DSP Rajinder Singh Sohal by Bhai Paramjit Singh Pamma’s legal counsel in Portugal, DIG Balkar Singh Sidhu said that Bhai Pamma was trying to weaken their claims for his extradition.  He refuted all allegations of inhumane torture in Police custody.
It is worth mentioning here that Bhai Pamma had lodged a criminal complaint against DIG Balkar Singh Sidhu, SP Ashish Kapoor and DSP Rajinder Singh Sohal before Portuguese authorities. Bhai Pamma had explained in his complaint that he brutally torture by DSP Rajinder Singh Sohal during his Police custody in India.
Bhai Paramjit Singh Pamma’s family members in India had earlier appealed to the Portugal Government to not extradite their son to India, as they feared imminent threat to his life.  Bhai Pamma’s parents had spoken with Sikh24 earlier, stating that their family had faced extensive torture by the police in Punjab, and their other son Parminder Singh was extra-judicially killed by Sumedh Saini. They added that Bhai Pamma fled to the UK on 12 August, 1999 fearing the torture of the Punjab police.