Awaiting justice since 1992
Balwant Singh Multani, a young, vibrant 28 year old, having a degree in civil engineering was working as a junior engineer with Chandigarh Tourism and Industrial Development Cooperation (CITCO) in Chandigarh from May,1989. He was about to be promoted as SDO by December 31, 1991. His father Darshan Singh Multani was an IAS officer, also his uncle was an IAS officer. On December 11, 1991, Balwant was taken into custody by Chandigarh Police at around 4 am from his house in Mohali in a police raid. His life changed rather ended! He was a suspect of a car bomb blast in which the then SSP of Chandigarh, Mr. Sumedh Saini, was going home with 6 other people in which 5 people died and Mr. Saini and one ASI Ramesh Lal were injured. FIR was registered under various sections of the IPC, the Explosive Substances Act 1908 and the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, to investigate the attack on Saini’s car. Legal documents reveal, a chargesheet was filed against 8 p...