Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, June 3

A viral video has put the credibility of the Police Department under scanner. An Assistant Sub-Inspector can be seen challaning a car driver (Rs500) as the rear occupant was lying on the seat and not wearing a seat belt.

Gurpreet Singh, a resident of Kapurthala, said, “I was driving the car while my brother and cousin were accompanying me. My cousin had pain in his back and he was lying on the rear seat. We were going to the hospital for his regular check-up.”

He claimed that both occupants sitting in the front were wearing seatbelts when the police personnel stopped them at a naka.

“We told the cops that he was not well, but they issued a challan mentioning ‘Covid-19 receipt’. When we asked the ASI why he was issuing a challan, he said he was only helping us. The ASI said in case he penalises me for not wearing a seat belt, I will have to get the RC from the court and it will become difficult as I have to come from Kapurthala,” he said.

In the viral video, the ASI can be heard saying that he was doing a favour to the car driver by saving trouble of going from one place to another to get his documents.

Gurpreet said they were wearing masks and were having every document of the vehicle, still they were challaned. “I didn’t understand the logic of the ASI, thus I recorded the entire episode,” he said.