Abohar, October 29
A district court has sentenced ASI Sohan Lal Tanwar, former in charge of the Seetogunno police post in this sub-division, head constable Balwinder Singh and home guard Darshan Singh to five-year imprisonment for misbehaving with Punjab and Haryana High Court Warrant Officer Gyaninder Ahlawat on January 25 last year.
The cops were accused of keeping the Warrant Officer in illegal detention and restraining him from performing his duty.
The Seetogunno police had allegedly picked up some followers of a dera run by Swami Brahm Chaitanya of Chak Radheywala village during investigation of a complaint. The villagers were divided over the status of the dera. One faction wanted the police to get it shut while others defended the chief asserting that some vested interests were conspiring to implicate him in false cases.
A follower of the dera chief had approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court alleging that some followers had been kept in illegal custody at the Seetogunno police post. The HC on January 25 dispatched Warrant Officer Gyaninder Ahlawat to investigate.
According to the complaint, he, along with Devi Lal - complainant from Dhaani Nayianwali - and car driver Ram Phal, reached the police post early in the morning and spotted the detainees there.
The Warrant Officer alleged that he and the duo accompanying him was detained by the police till 8.30 pm and humiliated. He was forced to sign a statement that no one was found in illegal custody there.
After high drama, the Sadar police finally arrested the accused cops under Sections 342, 353, 460, 467, 468, 471, 506 and 186 of the IPC on January 26, 2010.
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