Policeman dragged on bonnet in Punjab amid lockdown
Chandigarh: An Assistant Sub-Inspector in Punjab’s Jalandhar town was dragged on a car bonnet on Saturday when a policeman tried to stop the vehicle during lockdown.
The police arrested the driver Amol Mehmi, 20, who was on the wheel of the black Ertiga, and his father Parminder Kumar, its owner.
The incident was recorded in a 90-second clip of a video. Assistant Sub-inspector Mulkh Raj was seen screaming for help.
#WATCH Punjab: A car driver drags a police officer on car's bonnet in Jalandhar, after the officer tried to stop the vehicle today, amid #COVID19 lockdown. pic.twitter.com/IZUuTHapsK
— ANI (@ANI) May 2, 2020
In a tweet, state police chief Dinkar Gupta said: “Punjab Police has a zero tolerance policy’ against such acts”.
He said Anmol Mehmi and his father were booked under the Epidemic Diseases Act and the Disaster Management Act.
“Anyone endangering safety of the people by breaking curfew, running through police check-points or manhandling doctors and other frontline workers will face the law,” Gupta said in a tweet.
Jalandhar based Anmol Mehmi, driver of Ertiga vehicle,which almost ran over ASI Mulkh Raj, arrested& his father Parminder Kumar (car owner),both booked for attempt to murder etc by @cp_jal.
Punjab Police has a ‘zero tolerance policy’ against such acts.
All advised due caution!
— DGP Punjab Police (@DGPPunjabPolice) May 2, 2020
He said Anmol Mehmi, which almost ran over Mulkh Raj, was arrested and his father, both booked for attempt to murder.
IANS
