Mahilpur: Shiv Kumar Bawa: The residents of village Bahowal today staged a dharna at Bahowal bus stop against the Chabbewal police and blocked the Hoshiarpur-Chandigarh road.
Amarjit Singh r/o Bahowal said that his son Amandeep Singh died in an accident as his bike was hit by a car on 6th January, 2015. He said that a case was registered against the car driver and the ASI Gurwinder Singh was the Investigation Officer (IO) of the case. He alleged that the IO Gurwinder Singh didn’t took any action against the accused. He alleged that instead he started harassing them.
Amarjit Singh said that IO Gurwinder Singh was calling them to the Chabbewal police station daily from past many days and harass them by making them sit in the police station till evening while he treat the accused very sweetly.
Harassed by this behaviour of the IO Gurwinder Singh they staged a dharna at Bahowal bus stop.
DSP Hardeep Kumar reached the spot and heard the demands of the protestants. DSP Hardeep Kumar suspended ASI Gurwinder Singh and promised that the proper action will be taken against the accused.
Satisfied by the action of DSP Hardeep Kumar, protestants lifted the jam.
