India, July 19 -- Former Punjab Deputy Chief Minister summoned as Behbal Kalan investigation gathers renewed political momentum.

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president and former Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal will appear before the Punjab government's Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Monday for questioning in connection with the 2015 Behbal Kalan police firing and sacrilege cases, in a politically significant development that comes days after Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann publicly declared that "it is now Sukhbir Badal's turn to go to jail."

The SIT has summoned Badal to appear at 11 am as part of its renewed investigation into one of Punjab's most sensitive and politically consequential cases. The summons follows week...