category Regional, chandigarh , , tags Regional, chandigarh , , DW BUREAU Chandigarh Punjab s Leader of the Opposition (LoP), Partap Singh Bajwa accused the Aam Aadmi Party-led Punjab Government of quietening down sexual misconduct case allegedly involving cabinet minister Lal Chand Kataruchak despite the fact the young male victim in the case narrated the entire sordid saga in a video statement. Senior Congress Leader Bajwa said that the way the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the AAP government to probe the matter had performed so far demonstrated that the CM Bhagwant-led AAP government was unabashedly defending the sexual offender minister. The SIT headed by DIG (border range, Amritsar) Narinder Bhargav was not actually formed to probe the allegations of a gross sexual offense. The hidden motive behind this SIT was to pressurise the male victim to turn hostile and withdraw the complaint that he had filed against the cabinet minister , Bajwa added. In a statement, the opposition leader said that it was not only the victim and his family, who were harassed by the SIT during the so-called investigation but the people, who came to the aid of the family of the victim were also slapped with forged FIRs. Was that how the SIT was supposed to investigate the case involving an influential person Bajwa said that taking serious note of lapses in the functioning of the SIT in this particular case, the National Commission for Schedule Caste has summoned the Chief Secretary of Punjab, director general of police (DGP), and Amritsar border range deputy inspector general (DIG). I urge NCSC Chairman, Vijay Sampla to get an FIR registered against the cabinet minister as the entire punjab is curiously following the case and the people of the Punjab want justice to be done , Bajwa added. Bajwa said that there had been ample evidence against the cabinet minister. The report of the forensic probe that was asked by the Governor of Punjab had already stated that the video of sexual misconduct allegedly involving the cabinet minister and the young male victim was not morphed. However, the Governor of Punjab has already termed it a heinous crime. (editor dailyworld.in)