Sukhbir Badal Skips Behbal Kalan Probe Appearance, AAP Sees 'BJP-Akali Collusion'

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal's failure to appear before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in connection with the 2015 Behbal Kalan police firing case has triggered a fresh political slugfest between the Punajb's ruling Aam Aadmi Party and the SAD in Punjab.Badal did not appear on medical grounds and also sought time after September 30.The confrontation began after Sukhbir Badal, who had said a day earlier that he was not afraid of facing the SIT, did not appear before the investigating team on the scheduled date.The AAP seized on his absence to question his willingness to cooperate with the investigation, and alleged that the development reflected a "behind-the-scenes alliance" between the BJP and the Badals.The SIT is probing the police firing at Behbal Kalan village in Faridkot district on October 14, 2015, in which two protesters were killed while on a dharna against the desecration of the Guru…