Markfed inspector assaulted in Batala grain market, 1 held

WHILE EYEWITNESSES

SAID THE ACCUSED WAS DRESSED AS A NIHANG, POLICE DENIED IT

BATALA : A 45-year-old inspector, Karan Sunil, working with Markfed, was injured after a group of four men assaulted him in the local grain market on Saturday. The incident began after Sunil intervened in an argument of truck drivers in the market over weight of their consignments to be sent out during the lockdown.

Eyewitnesses claim that one of the assailants and the main accused, Randhir Singh, was dressed as a nihang, and was inebriated at the time of the incident. DSP City BK Singla, however, has denied that any of the four assailants is a nihang.

On April 12, a Nihang had chopped off the hand of an assistant sub-inspector in Patiala.

The other accused are Gurmeet Singh, Mangal Singh and Ravinder Singh. The victim Sunil has sustained injuries in his back and is admitted to the Batala civil hospital. The main accused, Randhir, has been arrested, but is also admitted to the civil hospital with injuries.

The accused have been booked under IPC Sections 353 (criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and 186 (obstructing public servant). HTC