Jalandhar, May 2: An Assistant Sub-Inspector on curfew duty in Jalandhar was dragged on a vehicle’s bonnet for a considerable distance on Saturday morning after he tried to stop a youth at a naka. The police has booked both the youth and his father for the offence.
And most of this was recorded in a video.
The policemen stopped a college student, Amol Mehmi (20), driving an Ertiga car, at the Milk Bar Chowk in Jalandhar.
As ASI Mulk Raj stood in front of the car, other policemen enquired why the youth was out during lockdown. However, the youth allegedly drove off his car, carrying the ASI on its bonnet to a considerable distance and stopped only after other cops chased down the vehicle.
The accused has been arrested after registration of a case at the police station division 6 under Section 307 of the IPC and relevant Sections of the Disaster Management Act.
In Jalandhar, residents are permitted to venture out only from 7 am to 11 am in non-containment zones. No one is permitted to take out vehicles, which are bound to be impounded if driven in violation of the lockdown guidelines.
Additional SHO Gurdev Singh said, “ASI Mulk Raj was on duty with other employees at Milk Bar Chowk. Since Mulk Raj’s hand was on the bonnet, the youth suddenly drove the car. We indicated the youth to stop but instead he dragged the cop to a considerable distance and was stopped only after we chased him down.”
Police commissioner, Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that an FIR under various Section of IPC, including 307 and Epidemic Diseases Act and 51 Disaster Management Act, has been registered against not just Amol but his father Parminder Kumar, who owns the car. He said that Jalandhar Commissionerate Police has a ‘zero tolerance policy’ against such acts against government officers deployed on curfew enforcement duties.
Bhullar said that stern action would be taken against any individual indulging in such heinous crimes
