Chandigarh, March 10
In yet another case of highhandedness of the kin of VIPs in the city,
Arjun Badal, the 19-year-old son of the Manpreet Badal, president of
the People’s Party of Punjab, allegedly attacked a 25-year-old youth
in Hotel Sunbeam at Sector 22 last night.
Harivansh Singh, a Sector 9 resident, who
was injured in the attack, has filed a formal complaint against Arjun
Badal and two others at the Sector 22 police post. A daily diary
report has been lodged.
DSP Ashish Kapoor confirmed that they had
received a complaint against Arjun Badal. “We have summoned both the
parties to the police station tomorrow,” he said.
Arjun Badal along with his friends and
police guards attacked one Harivansh Singh at Hotel Sunbeam. “Arjun,
who was under the influence of liquor, threatened to throw Harivansh
off the roof of the Hotel. Harivansh was accompanied by two girls.
Following a verbal altercation, Arjun and his friends, Fateh Singh and
Ahsas Bhullar, who claimed to be the son of a Punjab Police officer,
left the hotel only to return with four security guards. The armed
Punjab Police personnel along with Arjun and his friends thrashed me
and threatened to kill me,” alleged Harivansh Singh.
Harivansh’s shirt was also torn and he
received injuries on his head. The assailants also manhandled his
female companions, alleged Harivansh.
Badal and his friends fled the scene with
their hired goons when the girls raised a hue and cry. Harivansh
underwent a medical test at the Sector 16 General Hospital and filed a
complaint with the police.
Not
aware, says Manpreet
Expressing ignorance about any such brawl
involving his son, Manpreet Badal said he and his son Arjun were at
their native village in Badal. “We are at our village. How could such
an incident occur,” he said while talking to Chandigarh Tribune.
