On Digicam, Punjab Cop Shoots Man In Thigh; Faces Motion After Video Goes Viral

On Digicam, Punjab Cop Shoots Man In Thigh; Faces Motion After Video Goes Viral [ad_1]

Delhi BJP chief Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga was amongst those that tweeted the video.

Chandigarh:

A police officer in Dera Bassi in Punjab's Mohali district was suspended and a case filed in opposition to him on Tuesday after he shot a person within the thigh throughout a fistfight that was caught on digital camera. The viral video from Sunday night time reveals some women and men having an argument with the sub-inspector earlier than he fires his service revolver.

The injured man was taken to the Dera Bassi civil hospital after which shifted to a authorities hospital in close by Chandigarh the place he's beneath remedy.

#Punjab | Policeman shoots unarmed civilian in Mohali pic.twitter.com/GBcPCNyABi

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The sub-inspector — Mubarikpur police publish in-charge Balwinder Singh — was suspended on Monday and now faces an FIR, too, beneath Sections 324 (assault) and 354 (outraging modesty of a girl) of the Indian Penal Code, amongst different expenses. 

District police chief Vivek Sheel Soni has ordered a departmental inquiry in opposition to three different policemen who're on the spot. A particular investigation crew (SIT) headed by a superintendent of police has been fashioned.

After the video went viral, the sufferer's brother informed ANI, "We had been standing on Hebatpur Highway when police arrived and misbehaved with us. They wished to test my spouse's bag. They had been drunk after which fired at my brother." The video reveals a policeman arguing with some folks after which slapping a girl, at which her relations confront the cops, resulting in a combat and the gunshot. 

The sub-inspector has stated he fired in self-defence after he was attacked by the person, his sisters, brother-in-law and one other particular person once they stopped them for checking. One other policeman who was on the spot informed ANI that the lads tried to tear his uniform. "We had been patrolling once we noticed a pair standing close to the highway. We requested them the place that they had come from. They began combating with us," he was quoted as saying.

Delhi BJP chief Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga was amongst those that tweeted the video and criticised Punjab's Aam Aadmi Celebration authorities for "police going berserk".

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