CBI arrests Himachal Pradesh High Court judge's daughter in Sippy Sidhu murder case
On September 20, 2015, Sukhmanpreet Singh Sidhu, also known as Sippy Sidhu, a national-level shooter was shot dead at a park in Sector 27 in Chandigarh.
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New Delhi, June 16: After seven years of Sukhmanpreet Singh Sidhu's murder, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested the daughter of Himachal Pradesh High Court Chief Justice in connection with the killing of national-level shooter who was shot dead in Chandigarh in 2015. The accused has been identified as Kalyani Singh, posted as an Assistant Professor at a Post Graduate Government College in Chandigarh.
On September 20, 2015, Sukhmanpreet Singh Sidhu, also known as Sippy Sidhu, a national-level shooter was shot dead at a park in Sector 27 in Chandigarh. CBI had registered a case on April 13, 2016, at the request of the Chandigarh Administration and had taken over the investigation related to the murder.
The shooter had started his own Law firm in the name of /s Sippy Sidhu LLB at Mohali (Punjab). During further investigation, the alleged involvement of the accused came forth in the case. Accordingly, she was examined and arrested. The arrested accused was produced on Wednesday in the Court of Special Judicial Magistrate, Chandigarh and remanded to four days of police custody.
The CBI also gave a newspaper advertisement stating that “there is reason to believe that a woman was accompanying Sippy’s killer at the time of the murder. The said woman is also being given this opportunity to come forward and contact us if she is innocent. Otherwise it shall be presumed that she was a party to the offence”.
In December 2021, the CBI raised the reward money to Rs 10 lakh, stating that members of the public are requested to come forward, if they have any credible information regarding the murder or any relevant information. However, the investigating agency failed to make headway in the case.
In 2020, the CBI had also filed an “untraced report” in the court and had mentioned that investigation may be allowed to open and continue as it has brought strong suspicion qua the role of a woman to eliminate Sippy Sidhu.