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CBI court convicts ex-Punjab Police DSP Gurmeet Singh in 1992 Ludhiana abduction case

The Mohali court found him guilty on abduction and conspiracy counts; sentence is due on 12 November. One co-accused was acquitted and three have died.

By BDT Corruption watch Desk

Mohali · Published 12 Nov 2026, 5:12 PM IST · 1 min read

CBI court in Mohali convicts ex-DSP on 11 Nov 2026
CBI court in Mohali convicts ex-DSP on 11 Nov 2026 Photo: Bharat Darshan Times graphic

A CBI court in Mohali, Punjab, has convicted Gurmeet Singh, a former Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of the Punjab Police, in the case of the 1992 abduction of Amrik Singh from a Ludhiana hotel. The court pronounced the conviction on 11 November 2026, and the sentence is scheduled for 12 November.

Singh was convicted under sections 365 (kidnapping with intent to wrongfully confine) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code, the Central Bureau of Investigation said.

How the case began

The case traces back to a Supreme Court order of 15 November 1995 in a writ petition, Paramjeet Kaur vs. State of Punjab. It was based on an affidavit from Devinder Singh, who said his father, Amrik Singh, was abducted from Hotel Amaltash in Ludhiana on 25 November 1992 by a Punjab Police party led by Gurmeet Singh.

The CBI registered a preliminary enquiry and then a regular case on 23 February 2000.

The trial

  • 27 November 2001: the CBI files a chargesheet against five police officials: DSP Gurmeet Singh, DSP Parminderjit Singh, SHO Suba Singh, Sub-Inspector Surinder Singh and Assistant Sub-Inspector Jaswant Singh.
  • 15 April 2004: charges are framed.
  • Outcome: Parminderjit Singh was acquitted. Proceedings against Suba Singh, Surinder Singh and Jaswant Singh were abated because they died during the trial.

What happens next

The court will pronounce Gurmeet Singh's sentence on 12 November. The release does not say whether he intends to appeal, and does not describe what happened to Amrik Singh beyond the allegation of abduction.

How we verified this

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Every fact, date and name is taken from the official CBI press release dated 11 Nov 2026 (cbi.gov.in). A conviction is a court finding; the sentence had not been pronounced at the time of the release. Nothing is added from outside the release. Story written by BDT.

Fact-checked by Hemant Sharma on 12 Nov 2026, 5:12 PM IST.

Sources

  1. 1.CBI Court Convicts Punjab Police ex-DSP in Amrik Singh Abduction Case — Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Government of India

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