Chandigarh, July 22 -- A petition has been filed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court by Gurtej Singh Dhillon, seeking an independent investigation into the alleged false encounter of 22-year-old Jaspreet Singh, a Non-Resident Indian (NRI) who was killed by Punjab Police in Patiala on March 13, 2025.

Gurtej Singh Dhillon is the brother-in-law of Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath, a serving army officer who, along with his son, was allegedly assaulted by the same police team near Rajindra Hospital, Patiala, earlier that night.

According to the petition, the police claimed that Jaspreet Singh was involved in the kidnapping of a minor and was shot during a gunfight after refusing to stop his vehicle. The FIR states that Singh, who was allegedl...