Ludhiana: Social media is running a replay of the screaming match between an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of the Dugri police and some Sunday cricketers. They accuse him of abusing them, while he threatens to smash their heads with their own bat.
When the video reached joint commissioner of police (rural) Sachin Gupta, he marked an inquiry to the additional deputy commissioner of police (I) and sought an action-taken report. It has come out that ASI Balwinder Singh was on patrol duty in the area when he saw this bunch of 20-odd cricketers on the ground near the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) telephone exchange of Phase-II, Urban Estate, Dugri, during the weekend curfew. The ASI’s squad of three went over to them and objected to their being outside.
ASI Balwinder Singh said: “Of those more than 20 men on the ground, nobody had a mask on. When I objected to it, they started misbehaving with us cops in uniform. They counter-questioning me why three cops were out in one car, and if the social distancing rule didn’t apply to us. This instigated me and I got angry.”
In the video, the men are seen saying that the cop started abusing them instantly upon reaching the ground, and even as they asked him to be polite, he kept arguing. In the video ASI Balwinder Singh is also captured, saying: “I will smash your head with your own bat.” It is said that he also tried to snatch the mobile phone on which this video was being shot.
When contacted, ADCP Teja said that in this matter, the Dugri police had registered a case against some unidentified people under sections 188 (defying public servant’s orders) and 269 (negligent act likely to spread a dangerous disease) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). However, the cops received no warning or faced any action.
Joint commissioner of police (rural) Sachin Gupta said: “I had asked ADCP-I Jaskiranjit Singh Teja to look into the matter in an unbiased manner. I will get it checked on Monday.”
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