12 Cops Suspended for Assault on Col, Son Yet to Be Named in FIR

Five days after Army colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath and his son were assaulted outside an eatery, Patiala police are yet to name the 12 cops who have been suspended over the incident in the First Information Report (FIR).

- Karam Prakash

PATIALA:

The FIR, registered on March 15, is based on the statement of eatery owner Karanjot Singh, who said that two persons (hinting at the colonel and his son) came to his establishment on the intervening night of March 13 and 14 for food and started drinking there.

According to the FIR (accessed by HT), some unidentified people asked the colonel and his son to stop drinking in public, which led to the altercation.

However, the medical report of Government Rajindra Hospital (copy with HT), where the injured colonel and his son, Angad Singh, were taken, reveals that the duo had not consumed alcohol.

Colonel's wife Jasvinder Singh Bath on Tuesday accused the Patiala police of covering up the incident by registering a fabricated FIR based on the statement of the dhaba owner, instead of her husband and son's statement.

"We demand that all 12 cops who assaulted my husband and son should be named in the FIR and arrested," said Jasvinder Bath.