Day after a budding 28-year-old Kabaddi player was killed in a shocking case of “road rage”, five Punjab police cops involved in the incident were dismissed from service for “grave misconduct, involvement in criminal acts, tarnishing the image of the Police department among the people, lowering the morale of the police during the ongoing COVID pandemic and diminishing the ability of the police to perform its functions and duties effectively”.
The state Police Department, adopting zero tolerance policy towards acts of grave indiscipline and misconduct, has dismissed all the five police officials under Article 311 of the Constitution of India who were found to be involved in the incident that led to the killing of Gurmej Singh of Bhagwanpur village in Gurdaspur district, said the spokesperson.
In this case, all six accused, including five police officials and a Batala resident Simrat Singh, have been arrested.Spokesperson said that the five police officers, who have been dismissed include two assistant sub-inspectors (ASIs) — Ranjeet Singh and Baljit Singh; and three head constables Avtar Singh, Balkar Singh, and Surinder Singh.Going into background of the matter, the spokesperson said that on Sunday, at about 7 pm, one Gurmej Singh of Bhagwanpur village was shot dead from a pistol by six persons, (five of whom are serving in the Punjab Police), after a scuffle over a road accident at Bhagwanpur village.