A copy of the FIR registered against Bhagat Singh in the then Lahore SSP’s murder case in 1928 has been sought here to prove the innocence of the legendary freedom fighter.
Petitioner Imtiaz Rashid Qureshi, chairman of the Bhagat Singh Memorial Foundation, had filed a petition seeking attested copy of the FIR registered against Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru for allegedly killing then SSP John P Saunders.
The additional district and sessions court on April 11 had ordered the police to provide Mr Qureshi a copy of the FIR.
During Monday’s hearing, Mr Qureshi told the court that he had shown the court order to the police but they refused to give him a copy of the FIR. The sessions court issued a notice to Lahore Police chief Chaudhry Shafiq regarding compliance of the court’s order.
The judge adjourned the hearing for two weeks.
Mr Qureshi said the Punjab police legal affairs office had records from 1895 to 1928. But the police did not give him the FIR registered in 1928 when the SSP was killed.
