Man arrested for causing cop’s death in Tarn Taran

TARNTARAN: Police have arrested a man for allegedly causing the death of a head constable posted at the Tarn Taran police station (city) on Saturday evening.

The accused has been identified as Nitin Kumar of Deep Avenue in Tarn Taran.

In his complaint, assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Narinder Singh said he was deployed as duty officer at the police station when Jatinder Singh and Nitin Kumar lodged a complaint against Avtar Singh alias Fouzi of Chander Colony Tarn Taran. “I assured them that the police will take action as per law,” he said.

He said, “Nitin was in an inebriated condition. After some time, some women came to lodge a complaint against Nitin for threatening them.”

“In the presence of the police personnel, Nitin started threatening to kill the women. Head constable Sukha Singh, the victim, tried to calm down Nitin, but to no avail,” the assistant sub-inspector added.

“Outside the police station, Nitin in a fit of rage pushed Sukha who fell on the ground and became unconscious,” he said.

“We then rushed Sukha to the Tarn Taran civil hospital, where the doctors declared him brought dead,” Narinder said.

Station house officer (SHO) Harit Sharma said a case under Sections 302 (punishment for murder), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered against the accused.

The SHO said the body was sent to Amritsar Medical College for post-mortem, the report of which is awaited.