Ludhiana, April 9 -- A special CBI court in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (Mohali) has directed two former Punjab Police officials to face trial in connection with a long-pending custodial death case. The court ordered that Dalvir Singh, a retired inspector and former station house officer of Dugri, and Manjit Singh, a retired assistant sub-inspector (ASI), be summoned to face trial on May 1. The charges include criminal conspiracy, fabrication of evidence, wrongful confinement and other serious offences under various sections of the Indian Penal Code.

The case traces back to the alleged custodial death of a woman, Ramandeep Kaur, in August 2017. The matter had earlier drawn widespread attention, prompting the Punjab and Haryana high court ...