Undertrial thrashes cop, flees from Mohali court

Tribune News Service

Mohali, October 20 

A drug peddler escaped from clutches of the police after thrashing a head constable of the local police on the Mohali Judicial Complex premises at Sector 76 here today.

The accused, identified as Gurinder Singh (30), alias Ginda, a resident of Ludhiana, was being taken to a court room around 3 pm by Head Constable Manjit Singh when he pushed the cop. As the latter tried to catch him, the accused thrashed him and ran towards the advocates’ chambers, escaping through the building’s side gate, which opens towards the Mohali DC Complex. The gate in question is usually manned by two cops. 

Even as the policeman raised the alarm, nobody could catch Ginda.

Head Constable Manjit Singh received bruises on his hands and arms, said the police. 

According to Inspector Tarlochan Singh, SHO, Sohana police station, Manjit Singh was taking Ginda for a hearing in a drug case. The cop was holding his hand at the time of the incident. 

The police had brought Ginda from the Ropar Jail for the court hearing around 11 am today. “He was kept at the ‘bakshikhana’ (lock-up room) of the Courts Complex,” said the SHO. 

Ginda, along with one of his accomplices Prince Sharma, was nabbed by the Special Task Force, Mohali, with 850 gram of heroin from the Airport Chowk here in October last year. A case was registered in this regard at the STF police station in Phase 4 here. The trial in the case is on at the Mohali district courts.

Inspector Tarlochan Singh said a case under Sections 224, 332 and 354 of the IPC has now been registered against Ginda at the Sohana police station. “Raids are on to nab Ginda,” said the SHO. 

Meanwhile, the police authorities have also initiated a departmental inquiry against Head Constable Manjit Singh. 

How it happened

The accused, identified as Gurinder Singh (30), alias Ginda, a resident of Ludhiana, was being taken to a court room around 3 pm by Head Constable Manjit Singh when he pushed the cop. As the latter tried to catch him, the accused thrashed him and ran towards the advocates’ chambers, escaping through the building’s side gate, which opens towards the Mohali DC Complex.