Chandigarh, February 4
Shiromani Akali Dal today welcomed Punjab and Haryana High Court order to hand over probe of viral audio of Patiala SSP Varun Sharma to Chandigarh Forensic Lab for verification and said that the party will pursue this matter till its logical end to ensure punishment to guilty officials.
Addressing a press conference here today, SAD Chief Spokesman and Legal Cell head Advocate Arshdeep Singh Kler disclosed that matter was taken up by Chief Justice of High Court Justice Sheel Nagu led bench and during the hear the court reprimanded Chief Election Officer Raj Kamal Chaudhary for not complying with the orders issued by the court on December 10, 2025. He said that the High Court had given clear directions that the viral audio should be sent for verification to an independent agency which should not be under Punjab. He said that despite judicial orders audio was sent to Mohali FSL which is directly under the Punjab government.
Kler said that when the counsel for Chaudhary submitted that they had sent the matter to Punjab government who had sent it to Mohali CFSL to this Chief Justice said that the when election code if enforced all executive power vests with Election Commission. He said that Punjab government was represented by Advocate General who had no answers to High Court questions as to why its orders were not complied. He said that court was also told by them that SIT constituted for probe into the matter led by ADGP SPS Parmar had issued notices to complainants and no attempt was made to take voice samples of concerned officers.
Advocate Kler said that after reprimanding Punjab government and counsel for Election Commission, the High Court ordered that audio be sent to Chandigarh CFSL for verification. He said that SAD welcomes the orders of the court and will pursue this matter to its logical end to ensure that the guilty officers are punished for the offence committed by them.
