DSP sacked over Lawrence Bishnoi’s interview from Punjab jail | India News

Chandigarh: Punjab government dismissed Thursday DSP Gursher Singh Sandhu in connection with a September 2022 interview of Lawrence Bishnoi while the gangster was in custody at the premises of police’s Crime Investigation Agency Mohali’s Kharar.
The dismissal order was signed by state home secretary Gurkirat Kirpal Singh. It noted that Sandhu, under suspension since October 2024, had “severely dented the image of Punjab Police as a result of his misconduct, negligence, and dereliction of duty” during the interview of Bishnoi while in custody of CIA Kharar”. “His failure to perform his duty properly is a gross violation of discipline and conduct rules of the Punjab Police,” the order states.
The dismissal followed concurrence from Punjab Public Service Commission. Govwenment had told the Punjab and Haryana HC that Sandhu had not been cooperating with the inquiry and his whereabouts were not known.