Bathinda officer, who arrested SGPC member’s son, shifted
Tuesday, 15/01/2013
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Bathinda : Bowing to pressure in the case relating to the arrest of a Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) member’s “drunk” son, the Punjab Government today issued the transfer orders of Additional Superintendent of Police (city) Patil Ketan Baliram.
Patil has been shifted to Amritsar with immediate effect. He is being replaced by Alka Meena.
The police officer was under fire from local lawyers and politicians for arresting and “beating up” SGPC member Sukhdev Singh Bahia’s son Prabhjot Singh and his two friends on Thursday evening.
The charges were that the three, who were in an “inebriated” condition, did not stop their vehicle at a naka when a police party signalled them to do so.
They were also charged with creating a ruckus at the local Civil Hospital when they were taken there for a medical examination and for allegedly manhandling the policemen on duty.
As Bahia himself is a lawyer, members of the fraternity had been holding protests in the city, demanding action against the police officer. Patil was also accused of raiding Bahia’s house at odd hours in search of Prabhjot.
Senior Superintendent of Police Ravcharan Brar confirmed that the ASP had been shifted.
