‘My son a depression patient, he neither had drugs nor weapon’

Times News Network
Ludhiana: The father of Sukhwinder Singh, who police arrested after a shootout and 12km chase on Saturday, claimed that his son was a patient of depression. “He neither had a weapon nor he consumed heroin,” the retired Ludhiana Police sub-inspector, Ram Krishan, said while refuting the police’s allegations.
After his son’s arrest, Ram met commissioner of police Rakesh Agarwal and showed him Sukhwinder’s medical reports.
Ram said, “My son is receiving treatment for depression from the past six years. Due to lockdown, he could not visit his doctor. We had an appointment with his doctor on Saturday, when Sukhwinder said he was going out and would return in sometime. He borrowed a friend’s car and left. Around 1pm, I reached his doctor’s clinic and called him up. But he did not take calls. After collecting his medicines, I returned home and learned about the incident.”
Ram said his son was wrong in not stopping at checkposts. “The police can punish him for that. But, I know he does not possess any weapon. He does not even know how to use it. And he never did drugs. I don’t know why cops are saying that he fired at them and that 10g heroin was recovered from him,” he added.
Sukhwinder, who received two bullet injuries during the chase, is admitted to a hospital.
“I will again approach senior officials for a fair investigation. We do not know Prem Verma, who cops say was travelling with Sukhwinder in the car. Sukhwinder told me that Prem had taken a lift till bus stand.”
Ladhowal police station SHO sub-inspector Balwinder Singh said, “Prem was produced before a court on Sunday that sent him to two-day police remand. Prem told during interrogation that he would consume drugs with Sukhwinder.”