The ASI was managing traffic at a roundabout, when six inebriated men attacked him for stopping them
› When ASI Balwinder Singh and his team reached the spot, they saw the accused attacking Jassa. The accused were unrelenting in their attack and let go of Jassa only after Balwinder fired in the air.
PARAMPAL SINGH, senior superintendent of police
AMRITSAR: A serving Army man and his five aides attacked an assistant sub-inspector with swords and rods following an argument over traffic at Gehri Mandi chowk on Sunday.
On Saturday, the victim ASI Jassa Singh, who is in-charge of Gehri Mandi police post, was on his way to work around 8pm, when he noticed a traffic jam around the Gehri Mandi chowk and began managing the traffic. Jassa observed that the accused Gurpreet Singh of Khela village, who is posted as an army jawan at Chandimandir cantonment, was drunk and asked him to park his motorcycle on the side. Gurpreet began arguing with Jassa and drew out a sword. Five of his aides also joined in the attack and began thrashing Jassa with swords and rods, police said.
“When ASI Balwinder Singh and his team reached the spot, they saw the accused attacking Jassa. The accused were unrelenting in their attack and let go of Jassa only after Balwinder fired in the air,” the SSP Parampal Singh. “The accused intended to kill him.”
Gurpreet and his aide Sukhjinder Singh of Bhangwan village were arrested while the others fled the spot.
Jassa was rushed to a hospital and doctors say he is out of danger.
A case was registered under Sections 307 (attempt to murder), 353 (assaulting a public servant), 186 (obstructing a public servant), 332 (voluntarily hurting a public servant to deter him from performing his duty), 427 (mischief causing damage to the amount of ₹50), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 149 (unlawful assembly) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).