Amritsar, Aug. 27 -- Akal Takht acting Jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj on Tuesday flayed the Punjab Police Welfare Association for seeking relief, including restoration of pension for police officers convicted in fake encounter cases.

He termed as "unethical" and "unconstitutional" the association's stance that such officials were merely following orders during the turbulent era. The association had met Governor Gulab Chand Kataria on August 22 following which Kataria had asked chief secretary KAP Sinha and DGP Gaurav Yadav to examine the matter.

Giani Gargaj said the families of the victims of fake encounters in 1990-94 fought a long legal battle for three decades to get the police officers convicted and punished by the CBI court. ...