Viral Video: Man clashed with police over vehicle checking dispute, police shot in front of the crowd & moving road?
Mohali: A video of Punjab Police is becoming very viral on social media. In this video, an unarmed man was shot in the thigh during a scuffle between the police and the public. The incident was caught on camera after which the police officer was suspended.
The incident is from Dera Bassi area of Mohali on Sunday. A case has been registered against the accused Sub Inspector Balwinder Singh on Tuesday.
In the video that went viral on social media, some people were seen getting into a scuffle with the police officer. Meanwhile, the officer fires with his service revolver.
The injured person has been identified as 24-year-old Hitesh Kumar. He was admitted to a hospital in Chandigarh.
Another #video of the #incident #punjab #police #shooting in street dispute #derabassi. Six or seven policemen around and all of them watching , it is left to the ASI to solve the dispute by shooting his way out of it. Wah ji tussi great ho @PunjabPoliceInd pic.twitter.com/ge1hQMmZVU
— K Yatish Rajawat (@yatishrajawat) June 27, 2022
The police officer has been booked under sections 324 (assault) and 354 (outraging the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) among other charges.
The scuffle took place at a post in Dera Bassi. After the incident, a group of people also vandalized the police vehicle on Sunday.
The incident took place when a police patrol team stopped a couple on a two-wheeler for checking. An altercation broke out between the couple and the police officer. The couple also called their relatives and a scuffle broke out.
Mohali Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Vivek Sheel Soni has also ordered departmental action against three policemen present on the spot.
Mohali Police issued a statement saying, “A sub-inspector, who was conducting routine checks with the police team, was manhandled by some people during the night in which a person named Hitesh Kumar was shot in the leg.”
