Former Deputy Speaker Bir Davinder seeks CBI probe into Cat Pinky controversy

Chandigarh: Bir Devinder Singh, Former Deputy Speaker of Punjab Assembly, has sought a CBI inquiry into the controversy surrounding bid to reinstatement police “black cat” turned cop Gurmeet Pinky. Gurmeet Pinky, a murder convict, was reinstated to Punjab police earlier this month but controversial order reinstating Pinky were later withdrawn.

Bir Davinder Singh (L) | Gurmeet Pinky (R) [File Photos]

In a statement issued from Chandigarh, Bir Davinder Singh said that if CM Parkash Singh Badal and his deputy Sukhbir Badal were speaking the truth that they were not aware of the developments just below their nose then the governance in state certainly needed a review.

A CBI probe in the murky case of the former police cat is must to maintain public trust, said Bir Davinder. He said that a departmental inquiry by the ADGP would just be an “eyewash”.