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Bhagat Singh's name not mentioned in FIR: Pakistan police

Lahore: Bhagat Singh's name was not mentioned in the FIR for the murder of a British police officer here in 1928, the Lahore police have found, in a major boost to prove the legendary freedom

The case was registered under sections 302, 1201 and 109 of Indian Penal Code.

An inspector of Lahore police's legal branch yesterday handed over the attested copy of the FIR in a sealed envelope to additional district and sessions judge (Lahore) Tariq Mahmood Zargham.

A copy of the FIR is also available with PTI. The court handed Qureshi a copy of the FIR. Qureshi said special judges of tribunal handling Bhagat Singh's case awarded death sentence to him without hearing 450 witnesses of the case.

Bhagat Singh's lawyers were not given the opportunity of cross-questioning them, he said.

Qureshi has also filed a petition in the Lahore High Court seeking reopening of Bhagat Singh's case.

"I want to establish Bhagat Singh's innocence in the Saunders case," he said.

The Lahore High Court has referred the case to the chief justice for constitution of a larger bench to hear the case.

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