The Punjab police on Wednesday reconstituted the Special Investigation Team (SIT), with the addition of three new members, to expedite the probe into the killing of singer-politician Sidhu Moose Wala.

The six-member will now be headed by IGP (PAP) Jaskaran Singh whereas two different new members are AIG-Anti-gangster job power Gurmeet Singh Chauhan and SSP Mansa Gaurav Toora. The new workforce will perform beneath the supervision of ADGP Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) ​​Parmod Ban.

SP (Investigation) Dharamveer Singh, DSP Investigation (Bathinda) Vishawajeet Singh and Incharge CIA, Mansa, Prithipal Singh are the present three members of the SIT, the workplace of Punjab DGP VK Bhawra mentioned.

The earlier SIT was headed by SP (Investigation) Mansa Dharamveer.

A member of the SIT instructed Hindustan Times that the workforce was reconstituted sensing involvement of inter-state gangs and the potential of weapons smuggled from Pakistan.

The DGP has additionally directed the SIT to hold out investigation on a day-to-day foundation and arrest the perpetrators. On completion of investigation, the police report shall be submitted within the court docket.

The SIT can co-opt every other police officer and take the help of any skilled/officer, with approval of the DGP,”the DGP’s order additional reads.

Possible Pak involvement?

With the police probe until now pointing in the direction of the sturdy risk of Russian assault rifle AN-94 within the assault, the senior intelligence officers of the police usually are not ruling out the potential of the arrival of the assault rifle by way of smuggling from Pakistan.

“This assault from this rifle can sneak through the glasses of the bullet proof vehicle as well which reflects that the plan was to attack the singer even if he comes in the bullet proof car,” a senior official aware about the probe mentioned.

The lead about few bullets being discovered punched inside a concrete wall of a temple located close to the positioning the place the singer was attacked in Jawaharke village has made a stronger case of using AN-94 because the assault by AK-47 isn’t that extreme , senior officers mentioned.

Police forensic reviews about using weapons are more likely to come by Thursday, an SIT member mentioned.