India, April 10 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday ordered the transfer of trial in two FIRs related to the 2015 Kotkapura firing incident from Faridkot to Chandigarh.

The order was passed by a bench of justice Tribhuvan Dahiya, while acting on petitions filed by former Moga senior superintendent of police (SSP) Charanjit Sharma and retired inspector general of police (IGP) Paramraj Singh Umranangal. A detailed order is awaited.

On 14 October 2015, Punjab Police reportedly opened fire on Sikh protesters demonstrating against the sacrilege of the Guru Granth Sahib at Bargari. While the simultaneous firing at Behbal Kalan resulted in two deaths, the Kotkapura event left approximately 100 people injured.

Sharma and Umrananga...