Chandigarh, June 21 -- The special investigation team (SIT) probing the 2015 Behbal Kalan police firing case related to sacrilege incidents has summoned Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Union minister Vijay Sampla, former Faridkot deputy commissioner Malwinder Singh Jaggi and former officer on special duty (OSD) to the then chief minister Parkash Singh Badal Gagandeep Singh Brar.

Sampla has been asked to appear before the SIT at the Punjab Armed Police (PAP) headquarters in Jalandhar on June 22. He has been served a notice under Section 179(1) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). The reasons for summoning the former Union minister of state for social justice and empowerment have not been disclosed.

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