Capt. Amarinder Condemns Attack, Asks DGP To Enforce Curfew Strictly

Capt Amarinder Condemns Attack, Asks DGP to Enforce Curfew Strictly & Not Let Anyone Disturb Law & Order

Eleven persons were on Sunday arrested in connection with the horrendous attack on a police party at the vegetable market in Patiala this morning, in which an ASI’s hand was cut off by a group of Nihangs.

The accused, including a woman, were nabbed after the Patiala Police Party led by Jatinder Aulakh IG Patiala Range and Mandeep Sidhu, SSP Patiala were fired upon from inside the Nihang Dera Complex which also houses Khichdi Sahib Gurudwara.

The operation followed several hours of stand-off and many rounds of appeals and negotiations led by SSP Patiala with the Dera Head Baba Balwinder Singh to surrender with their weapons and swords but the Nihangs refused to surrender. One Nihang, Nirbhav Singh, suffered an injury in the incident was immediately removed to Patiala Hospital.

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The accused included the five persons involved in the brutal attack on the Punjab Police team posted at the vegetable market in Sanaur early on Sunday morning. The had crashed through a series of barricades and attacked the police personnel who inquired about their curfew passes,

11 Nihangs, Including A Woman, Arrested For Brutal Attack On Police Team Enforcing Curfew And Social Distancing At Patiala Vegetable Market.

DGP Dinkar Gupta, adding on this said that Baba Balwinder Singh, the Nihang Head, was the main perpetrator of the attack on the police party at the Patiala Sabzi Mandi this morning. He came to the market with four other persons, in a Tata Zenon vehicle.

Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has strongly condemned the attack and warned that anyone violating the curfew, imposed in the state since March 23 to check the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, would be strictly dealt with.

Police personnel was risking their lives in spite of the pandemic to save the people of Punjab and any attack on them would not be tolerated, he warned. He directed the DGP to come down heavily on those trying to disturb the law and order of the state at this difficult time.

DGP Dinkar Gupta said a huge cache of weapons as wells as handheld weapons, such as barchhe and kirpans, and some used cartridges were seized from the accused, in addition to two petrol bombs and LPG cylinders, 5 bags of poppy husk mixed with sulpha, other drugs in commercial quantity and Rs 39 lakhs in cash. Some bottles with chemical substances were also found inside the premises.

ASI Harjit Singh (2155), whose hand was reportedly cut off with a sword during the attack at the vegetable mandi, is undergoing plastic surgery at PGI Chandigarh for suturing back his hand, where he was rushed after the incident, said the DGP. Besides ASI Harjeet Singh, whose left hand got severe damage,

Three other police personnel were injured in the incident. Inspector Bikkar Singh (10PR) SHO Sadar Patiala, suffered sharp weapon injuries on his left arm, leg, and back, ASI Raj Singh (1415) was inflicted a sharp weapon injury on his left leg, and ASI Raghbir Singh (1445) had got blunt injuries on his body. In addition, a Mandi Board official, AR Yadwinder Singh, suffered some minor injuries in this attack.

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