Punjab: Five booked for spitting on woman, assault in Patiala

PATIALA: The police booked five persons under various sections of the IPC, including voluntary causing hurt and criminal intimidation, for allegedly spitting on a woman and then assaulting her while she had gone to dump the cow dung in Patiala district of Punjab.
The police revealed that the incident took place at Kol village of Nabha around three days ago following which the case was registered after recording the statements of the woman and other injured persons. The police claimed that both the families were Dalit and there was no such issue of racism or discrimination.
The police added that the case was registered against the accused, identified as Rashpal, Ishar, Sucha, Darshan and Sarabjit Kaur, under sections of voluntary causing hurt, wrongful restrain, criminal intimidation, rioting and curfew violation on the complaint of Varinder Singh.
Station House Officer Randhawa said, “The complainant Varinder alleged that one of the accused spitted on her mother while she was going to dump the cow dung as a routine. He said that following heated arguments a clash broke out between the accused and his mother. The complainant said that he wanted to rescue his mother from the accused but was injured himself. We are carrying out a probe in the matter after registering the case. The accused and the complainant are relatives and landed in a dispute. Both the accused and complainant are admitted to the government hospital alleging assault.”