UT cop goes berserk, damages cars, snatches phones

CHANDIGARH: A high drama was witnessed at the temporary fruit and vegetable market at Sector 17 bus stand when an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of the UT police created a ruckus and allegedly damaged vehicles and seized mobile phones of vendors and others at the mandi. Some passersby recorded his activities in their phones and later the videos found their way to various WhatsApp groups in the city.
The video shows ASI Jasvir Singh breaking the wiper of a SUV and also quarrelling with the policemen in a PCR van. As he was fighting with everyone and not ready to listen to anybody, the policemen forcibly put him into the van and took him to Sector 17 police station.
Those present on the scene said the ASI was deployed at the mandi from 4am to 12pm. He suddenly started stopping people and taking their phones. He also started damaging vehicles and assaulting the passersby, after which he was taken away in the PCR van.
The UT police PRO, DSP Charanjit Singh Virk, said they got his medical examination done and he was not found under the influence of liquor. Now the department is verifying whether the ASI is facing some mental issues.
Another video of a head constable of the UT police also went viral in the social media, in which the cop seems apparently drunk and quarrelling with people and trying to hit them with a hockey stick near GMCH-32 in the early hours of Thursday.
The video shows head constable Rajbir Singh is not able to walk properly and can be heard abusing the person making his video. The cop had reportedly consumed liquor in his private car near GMCH-32 at around 2am. As someone saw him and started recording his act, he came out of his car with a hockey stick and chased him away.
The people claimed that Sector 49 SHO Surinder Kumar, who was on night checking duty, also reached the spot later. But, the SHO said he had gone to GMCH-32 in connection with a different case and did not see any drunken cop there.