Punjab police controversial decorated officer gets independent posting order
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ September 2,2024
The Punjab government has issued posting order of Paramraj Singh Ummranagal , IPS, Inspector General of Police as IG, Policy and Rules, Punjab. He was awarded twice President Police medal in his career.
He got the posting orders after around 50 days of his reinstatement. The Punjab government had reinstated IPS officer Paramraj Singh Umranangal in July 2024, who was suspended five years ago after being named an accused in cases of police firing on people protesting over alleged desecration of Guru Granth Sahib in 2015.
“He shall report to the office of the Director General of Police for assignment of duties until regular posting orders are issued,” it said. Since then he remained attached with the DGP office.
Paramraj Singh Umranangal, who was suspended in February 2019 after being named as an accused in cases pertaining to police firing on people protesting over alleged desecration of Guru Granth Sahib in 2015 at Bargari in Faridkot.
Paramraj Singh Umranagal always remained in limelight due to his actions. Recently, Punjab police have told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that “around 30 years ago the police encounter of Gurnam Singh Bandala was fake and stage managed by then SP (D) Paramraj Singh Umranangal (now IG) and two others and the FIR in the matter was registered for forging the facts.” Paramraj Singh Umaranangal who managed the fake encounter was posted as SP (D) at Rupnagar.
Another case that brought Umranangal infamy was in 2003, when he was the SSP at Patiala and booked singer Daler Mehndi and his brother on charges of human trafficking or illegally taking people abroad. Mehndi alleged that Umranangal had sought Rs 1.5 crore as bribe to release him, and he subsequently got bail after the police did not oppose his plea.
He was even suspended when he was DIG, for over “for not performing his duties efficiently and creating indiscipline,”
Punjab police controversial decorated officer gets independent posting order. He has never been away from controversies. Born in 1965 at Umranangal village under Amritsar district, Paramraj joined the police forces in 1987 as deputy superintendent of police (DSP). Later on, he was deputed as DSP in Khanna and Rajpura. Paramraj also served as superintendent of police (co-ordination) at Rajpura, SP (detective) Ropar, SP (detective) Fatehgarh Sahib, senior superintendent of police in Patiala, Gurdaspur, Fatehgarh Sahib and Faridkot etc.
He is going to retire on December 31,2025.
Fake encounter row: suspended IG Paramraj Singh Umranangal never been away from controversies
Paramraj Singh Umranangal- never been away from controversies
