Cong worker among 15 booked for thrashing man in Mukerian

MUKERIAN (HOSHIARPUR) : Police have booked a Congress worker from Mukerian, Sham Singh Shama, and 14 others for thrashing a Jalandhar resident, Bhisham Kapur, and his son Sumit mercilessly. Shama is said to be a close aide of Mukerian MLA Rajneesh Kumar Babbi.

The incident, which took place on Tuesday, was caught in a video and the video was uploaded on the social media.

In the video, Shama and others are seen hitting Bhisham with sticks. They were also seen thrashing Sumit while he was sitting in his car. Bhisham and Sumit are under treatment at a hospital in Jalandhar.

Raghuvir Singh, Asi-cum-investigation officer (IO) said that there was a property dispute between Bhisham and Shama’s father Jaswant Singh, at whose behest they were allegedly beaten up. Jaswant, however, was not present on the spot.

“Bhisham had won the case and wanted to acquire the threeacre land, which was allegedly encroached by Jaswant and the latter doesn’t want to vacate the land,” he said. The ASI said that the accused persons are absconding and police are conducting raids to nab them.

The other accused have been identified as Jaswant Singh (Shama’s father), Gurnam Singh, Balwinder Singh and 11 unidentified persons, residents of Mukerian. The Mukerian police have registered a case against them under relevant sections of IPC.