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.”
