Even as the victim of an assault by Punjab police personnel sought their dismissal, Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday ordered a magisterial probe into the incident.
The young woman, who was slapped pushed, abused and hit with a baton by policemen in uniform in Punjab’s frontier district of Tarn Taran on Sunday, demanded strict punishment for her tormenters.
‘I have been humiliated and beaten in public by them. Why is the chief minister not coming to my rescue now,’ the victim asked on Tuesday.
The four to five police personnel were caught on camera assaulting the young victim and her aged father after she reportedly complained to police against some taxi and truck drivers harassing her near a marriage palace in Tarn Taran district, 280 km from here.
The incident was recorded by a bystander on his mobile phone on Sunday and was aired by TV news channels.
Badal directed the Tarn Taran district magistrate to ascertain the causes and circumstances which led to the incident and submit the inquiry report within three weeks.
Badal said ‘this was an unpardonable offence and anyone connected with this grave crime, howsoever influential he may be, would not be spared and brought to book as per the law of the land’.
Punjab director general of police Sumedh Singh Saini on Monday suspended two policemen seen in the video.
He ordered an inquiry into the incident, to be conducted by a superintendent of police, and a report within a week. The video showed the young woman being chased, slapped, abused and hit with a baton. The policemen also beat up her aged father and pushed him to the ground.
WRONG TO HIT WOMAN, SAYS PUNJAB DGP
On the defensive after its personnel were caught on camera thrashing a young woman in public in Tarn Taran district, Punjab police on Tuesday said that it was ‘examining all evidence’ of the incident.
Punjab police director general of police Sumedh Singh Saini said: ‘Whatever the facts may be, whatever the provocation, it was wrong to raise a hand or lathi (cane baton) on a lady.’ Saini said two police personnel, seen in the video hitting the young woman on Sunday, would remain under suspension till the completion of probe.
The young woman, who was slapped pushed, abused and hit with a baton by policemen in uniform in Punjab’s frontier district of Tarn Taran on Sunday, demanded strict punishment for her tormenters.
‘I have been humiliated and beaten in public by them. Why is the chief minister not coming to my rescue now,’ the victim asked on Tuesday.
The four to five police personnel were caught on camera assaulting the young victim and her aged father after she reportedly complained to police against some taxi and truck drivers harassing her near a marriage palace in Tarn Taran district, 280 km from here.
The incident was recorded by a bystander on his mobile phone on Sunday and was aired by TV news channels.
Badal directed the Tarn Taran district magistrate to ascertain the causes and circumstances which led to the incident and submit the inquiry report within three weeks.
Badal said ‘this was an unpardonable offence and anyone connected with this grave crime, howsoever influential he may be, would not be spared and brought to book as per the law of the land’.
Punjab director general of police Sumedh Singh Saini on Monday suspended two policemen seen in the video.
He ordered an inquiry into the incident, to be conducted by a superintendent of police, and a report within a week. The video showed the young woman being chased, slapped, abused and hit with a baton. The policemen also beat up her aged father and pushed him to the ground.
WRONG TO HIT WOMAN, SAYS PUNJAB DGP
On the defensive after its personnel were caught on camera thrashing a young woman in public in Tarn Taran district, Punjab police on Tuesday said that it was ‘examining all evidence’ of the incident.
Punjab police director general of police Sumedh Singh Saini said: ‘Whatever the facts may be, whatever the provocation, it was wrong to raise a hand or lathi (cane baton) on a lady.’ Saini said two police personnel, seen in the video hitting the young woman on Sunday, would remain under suspension till the completion of probe.