Docs pulled up for ‘poor’ treatment to panch in custody
Friday, 27/12/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20131227/punjab.htm#17
Patiala : Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur visited Government Rajindra Hospital here today to meet a Congress worker, who was allegedly thrashed by the police in custody after registering a "false case" against him.
Dharam Pal (42), who is a panch in Pasiana village, was brought to the hospital on December 23 by the police after his kin filed an application in a court that he was thrashed by the police after taking protection warrant from court and his life was in danger. The court had directed the police to get him admitted at the Rajindra hospital.
The minister pulled up hospital authorities for not getting his tests done properly. She said they did not bother to get his ultrasound done, which was important to determine the truth behind the allegations. She directed the hospital authorities to set up a medical board.
Dharampal’s elder brother Chain Ram alleged that Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Rohi Ram had framed his brother in a false case as he was a part of the panchayat, which staged protests against Rohi Ram for “threatening” Pasiana villagers and “extracting money” from them. Meanwhile, the ASI denied the allegations saying Dharampal was a habitual offender, who already had seven cases are registered against him. “He is deliberately targeting me to shift the focus from his misdeeds,” he said.
