The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday issued notices to Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal, his wife and Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal and the CBI on a plea, seeking a CBI inquiry into the Moga molestation case. A Bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Lisa Gill has sought their response by May 27, along with shareholding details of all operators owning over 10 stage carriage buses from the Punjab government as well the balancesheet of last five years of Orbit Aviation.
It was hearing a plea filed by advocate Jasdeep Singh Bains for a CBI inquiry into the incident, in which a girl died after being molested and thrown off a running bus, belonging to Orbit Aviation – owned by the Badals. The girl’s mother had survived the attack. The court also asked the state to inform the court on the number of cases registered against stage carriage operators in past one year.