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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Ajay Sura | TNN

Anatomy of crime: Punjab cops 1st gave Navjot Singh Sidhu clean chit

CHANDIGARH: While the conviction of cricketer and senior Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu in the 34-year-old road rage case has attained finality with the apex court order on Thursday, the record of the case revealed that the Punjab police had once tried to “help” Sidhu and placed him in Column-2 of the police charge-sheet in this case.

The police had even filed an application in 1994 for withdrawal of prosecution against the former TV show host. Only those accused are put in Column-2 by the police against whom cops find no case.

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