SIT seizes electronic items during raids
Amritsar, Jan. 5 -- The special investigation team (SIT) probing the case of missing 328 saroops of Guru Granth Sahib on Sunday said that it has seized electronic devices, including mobile devices, tablets, computers, storage devices along with financial records and documents during the recent searches at 14 locations.
"The searches were conducted at two locations in Chandigarh, eight locations in Amritsar City and one location each in Gurdaspur, Ropar, Tarn Taran and Amritsar Rural. During the searches, seven mobile phones, three tablets, two laptops, one storage device and incriminating financial records and documents have been seized," a spokesperson of SIT said on Sunday.He further said that the seized electronics have been sent for forensic analysis and the financial documents seized from the accused are under scanner.
"The seized electronic devices will be analysed forensically and the seized documents and financial documents are under scanner as payments made by companies associated with several persons, including politicians are being scrutinized. More searches and arrests are likely to take place. Further investigations are ongoing," the spokesperson said.
The investigation team also searched the residence of Parmdeep Singh Khatra, whose name is also in the FIR. He was also quizzed for seven hours at his residence in Morinda.
The team examined Singh's financial transactions and certain documents related to the publications department that were found at his residence. He also served as the in-charge of the department.
The SIT has arrested two accused so far-SGPC's former internal auditor CA Satinder Singh Kohli and retired staffer Kanwaljit Singh....
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