Chandigarh, Feb. 4 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has said that Punjab State Human Rights Commission special director general of police (DGP) Prabodh Kumar will continue to head the SIT formed to investigate the case of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's interview given in Punjab Police custody.

Meanwhile, the Punjab government informed the court that it has only one DGP empaneled by the central government, while the rest are at the level of additional DGP.

A division bench of the Punjab and Haryana high court stated that it is in the interest of justice that Prabodh Kumar, continues to head the SIT, being well acquainted with the subject matter of the investigation as he has been heading the SIT from its inception in January 2023 while ...