Jalandhar, July 12 -- The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) has written to Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann, urging the immediate withdrawal of the President's Police Medal for Gallantry to former senior superintendent of police (SSP) Ajit Singh Sandhu and former deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Jaspal Singh, both of whom were indicted over abduction, torture and murder of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra.

Addressing a press conference at the DSGMC headquarters in New Delhi on Saturday, committee leaders referred to recent reports highlighting the failure of successive Punjab governments since 1996 to initiate action to strip the two former police officers of their gallantry awards. HT had on July 11 repo...