Chandigarh, March 20 -- The Punjab Police special investigation team (SIT) on Wednesday submitted a fresh status report on the probe into interview of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, telecasted by a private channel in March 2023.

The SIT led by Prabodh Kumar, IPS (retd) filed a sealed cover report and claimed that "significant progress" has been made in the investigation and sought more time for the completion of the investigation.

The high court bench of justice Anupinder Singh Grewal and justice Deepak Manchanda, after perusing the report, ordered resealing of the same and deferred the hearing for March 27. The content of the report was not discussed during the hearing.

The court was hearing a suo motu plea initiated in 2023 in con...