Tweet
Officers of the Jammu & Kashmir Police who do not see eye to eye seem to have taken their rivalries to the world of YouTube leaving behind a long ‘trail of puzzles’ for the top cops of the State.
For the last couple of days, the State police personnel have been watching the video of the sensational interrogation of notorious businessman Nagar Singh, alias Nago, who exposed a nexus among politicians, criminals, bookies and a group of tainted cops in the State. Rampant use of ‘foul’ language and sensational revelations about the roles of top cops, and politicians in ‘murky’ property deals has already dented the image of the State police. It has also brought to the fore the internal bickering in the J&K Police.
The video footage surfaced here in the winter Capital of the State in the form of a Compact Disk and in few days later a local news agency posted the entire video on YouTube raising eyebrows. The video footage is already a big hit in the corridors of power and fast becoming the talking point at even social gatherings. The popularity of the video clipping can be judged by a simple fact that it has already attracted more than 6,000 hits in the last four days, after it was first posted on October 23.
The video footage in question pertains to the interrogation of Jammu-based businessman Nagar Singh in connection with the sensational murder case of Amandeep Singh, son of another PDP leader Deepinder Kour.
Amandeep was shot dead in broad day light on August 29, 2009 outside his house in Jammu. Jatinder Singh, son of Nagar Singh, is a prime accused in the case. Nagar Singh was charged with bribing police and forensic experts to tamper with the evidence and the murder weapon.
The explosive video footage, shot during the interrogation at Gandhi Nagar police station in Jammu, has all the ingredients to tarnish the people friendly image of the State police yet no one in the police department is taking serious note of the presence of uploaded video on YouTube.
Ironically, on several occasions in the past, the State police officials have on record reacted swiftly against the propagandists and took strict action as they attempted to exploit the medium to highlight the alleged cases of human right violation in Kashmir valley.
Exposing the cracks within the State police department, several officers, on condition of anonymity, raise questions about who gave the permission to the interrogators to videograph the interrogation, and how the video footage was leaked to media houses.
Also, the timing of its release and the way it has been brought out at the centre stage is also causing a lot of heartburn within the police department.
“The video clipping has also raised question marks over the working of the State police at the behest of powerful politicians/ businessmen and certain media houses,” a SP-rank officer told The Pioneer.
The then Jammu SSP, Manohar Singh, along with a few junior officers were also arrested in the case. All the arrested policemen have been denied bail in the case since September 2009.
The police officers, seen in the video footage, were not available for comments. It may be mentioned that the contents of the video footage posted by one of the local news agency is yet to be verified by the competent authority.
For the last couple of days, the State police personnel have been watching the video of the sensational interrogation of notorious businessman Nagar Singh, alias Nago, who exposed a nexus among politicians, criminals, bookies and a group of tainted cops in the State. Rampant use of ‘foul’ language and sensational revelations about the roles of top cops, and politicians in ‘murky’ property deals has already dented the image of the State police. It has also brought to the fore the internal bickering in the J&K Police.
The video footage surfaced here in the winter Capital of the State in the form of a Compact Disk and in few days later a local news agency posted the entire video on YouTube raising eyebrows. The video footage is already a big hit in the corridors of power and fast becoming the talking point at even social gatherings. The popularity of the video clipping can be judged by a simple fact that it has already attracted more than 6,000 hits in the last four days, after it was first posted on October 23.
The video footage in question pertains to the interrogation of Jammu-based businessman Nagar Singh in connection with the sensational murder case of Amandeep Singh, son of another PDP leader Deepinder Kour.
Amandeep was shot dead in broad day light on August 29, 2009 outside his house in Jammu. Jatinder Singh, son of Nagar Singh, is a prime accused in the case. Nagar Singh was charged with bribing police and forensic experts to tamper with the evidence and the murder weapon.
The explosive video footage, shot during the interrogation at Gandhi Nagar police station in Jammu, has all the ingredients to tarnish the people friendly image of the State police yet no one in the police department is taking serious note of the presence of uploaded video on YouTube.
Ironically, on several occasions in the past, the State police officials have on record reacted swiftly against the propagandists and took strict action as they attempted to exploit the medium to highlight the alleged cases of human right violation in Kashmir valley.
Exposing the cracks within the State police department, several officers, on condition of anonymity, raise questions about who gave the permission to the interrogators to videograph the interrogation, and how the video footage was leaked to media houses.
Also, the timing of its release and the way it has been brought out at the centre stage is also causing a lot of heartburn within the police department.
“The video clipping has also raised question marks over the working of the State police at the behest of powerful politicians/ businessmen and certain media houses,” a SP-rank officer told The Pioneer.
The then Jammu SSP, Manohar Singh, along with a few junior officers were also arrested in the case. All the arrested policemen have been denied bail in the case since September 2009.
The police officers, seen in the video footage, were not available for comments. It may be mentioned that the contents of the video footage posted by one of the local news agency is yet to be verified by the competent authority.
