Gurdaspur: Former Gurdaspur Superintendent of Police Salwinder Singh has been sentenced to 10 years jail in a rape case by a court here. Singh who was kidnapped by terrorist hours before the Pathankot attack also given a five years sentence in a corruption case and said both the sentences will run concurrently.

According to the prosecution, Singh was investigating a different rape case against the husband of the rape survivor and as an investigating officer often used to visit her house. He raped the woman on the pretext of exonerating her husband.

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The woman had also alleged that Singh demanded Rs 50,000 to hush up the proceedings against her husband. prosecution said, Police traced mobile phone calls of Singh and concluded that he was regularly in touch with the woman.

District Attorney Salwan Singh Bajwa said, The cases of rape and corruption were registered against Singh after the rape survivor’s husband filed an online complaint with then Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal.

Singh’s counsel Harbhajan Singh Hayer said the order will be challenged in the high court.

Salwinder Singh went missing for months and was suspended from service. He was declared a ‘proclaimed offender’ after his bail plea was rejected by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

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Singh shot into limelight after he was allegedly kidnapped by four terrorists, hours before the Pathankot airbase attack of January 2016.