CBI files chargesheet in Col Pushpinder Bath assault case, four Punjab cops named
According to the chargesheet, inspector Ronnie Singh is the main accused in the case. However there is no mention of murder charge in the chargesheet.
PTC News Desk: The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed chargesheet in a Mohali court against four Punjab police officials in connection with Colonel Pushpinder Bath assault case.
According to the chargesheet, inspector Ronnie Singh is the main accused in the case. However there is no mention of murder charge in the chargesheet.
An FIR was earlier registered by Patiala Police against police inspectors Harry Boparai, Ronnie Singh and Harjinder Dhillon under Section 109 (attempt to murder), 310, 155(2), 117(2) (related to voluntarily causing hurt), 126(2) (wrongful restraint), and 351(2) (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Later, another inspector was named under Sections 299 and 191 of the BNS.
The incident unfolded on the intervening nights of March 13 and 14, when Colonel Bath and his son were at a roadside eatery near Rajindra Hospital in Patiala.
According to Col Bath's family, an altercation ensued after some police officers in civilian clothes approached them and asked them to move their vehicle. As the argument turned into altercation, the cops attacked attacked the colonel and his son using rods and sticks, leaving them injured.