Mohali, Sept. 29 -- The Mohali CBI court has summoned the accused to trial in the controversial 1991 Nurpur Bedi fake encounter case following directions from the Punjab and Haryana high court.

Notices have been issued to the accused to appear before the court on November 1, 2025, bringing the decades-old case back into focus.

The development follows a revision petition filed by Paramjit Singh, alias Pamma, brother of the deceased, Jagdish Singh, a PWD boatman.

Acting on the petition, the high court set aside the June 2023 CBI court order that had accepted the CBI's fourth closure report and directed it to reconsider the matter in light of the available evidence.

The case pertains to the alleged extra-judicial killing of Jagdish Singh...