Colonel Bathtub recordsdata plea in excessive courtroom, seeks switch of assault case probe to CBI

He alleged within the plea {that a} honest investigation was unattainable beneath the Punjab Police.

Colonel Bathtub, a military officer serving in a “delicate submit beneath the Cupboard Secretariat, Authorities of India”, mentioned within the petition that he and his son had been “brutally” attacked on the intervening night time of March 13 and 14 in Patiala.

He alleged that the assailants 4 inspector-rank officers of the Punjab Police and their armed subordinates attacked him and his son with out provocation, snatched his ID card and cell phone, and threatened him with a “pretend encounter” all in public view and beneath CCTV digicam protection.

“Regardless of the seriousness of the offence, the native police did not take motion. Misery calls made to senior officers had been ignored and, as a substitute of registering a FIR based mostly on the petitioner’s assertion, a bogus FIR beneath ‘affray’ towards unknown individuals was filed on the grievance of an unrelated third social gathering,” in keeping with the petition.

“The petitioner’s household needed to strategy the senior law enforcement officials and the Punjab governor earlier than a correct subsequent FIR was finally registered after eight days,” it was submitted.

It was additionally alleged that the “accused officers” made video calls to the petitioner’s spouse and admitted to the offence, claiming they had been “intoxicated, and pressuring her to compromise”.

“Eyewitnesses have filed sworn affidavits figuring out the law enforcement officials concerned and detailing the assault. But, the police have did not arrest or interrogate the accused, and proceed to suppress proof and delay justice,” in keeping with the petition.

“Given the clear battle of curiosity, delay, manipulation and bias, a good and neutral investigation is unattainable beneath the Punjab Police…,” it was submitted.

The petitioner submitted that the investigation could be transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation or one other unbiased company “to stop miscarriage of justice, guarantee accountability, and restore public confidence within the rule of legislation”.

Based on the petition, “if the case just isn’t entrusted to an unbiased company, it might end in demoralisation of armed forces, institutional breakdown, and irreparable hurt to public belief”.

Colonel Bathtub’s members of the family have alleged that police personnel in plainclothes requested him to maneuver his automobile in order that they may park theirs. When the colonel objected to their tone, they thrashed him and his son.

The colonel suffered a damaged arm whereas his son a minimize on his head.

The Punjab Police on March 21 registered a recent FIR based mostly on Colonel Bathtub’s assertion. A high-level particular investigation group has been set as much as conduct the investigation in a “honest and expeditious method”.

All 12 personnel have been positioned beneath suspension and departmental proceedings for main punishment have been initiated towards them, the Punjab Police earlier mentioned.

On Monday, the military officer’s members of the family lifted their ‘dharna’ in Patiala after officers knowledgeable them that the chief minister would hear their grievance in a gathering on March 31.

Joined by a number of ex-servicemen and veterans, members of the family of Colonel Bathtub had been holding a sit-in protest outdoors the Patiala deputy commissioner’s workplace since March 22, demanding justice.

Colonel Bathtub’s spouse Jasvinder Kaur has accused the 12 police personnel of brutally thrashing her husband and their son, and demanded a CBI probe into the matter and the switch of Senior Superintendent of Police Nanak Singh.

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