Dera Bassi: ASI suspended for threatening eatery owner

Dera Bassi, March 31

A reader of the Dera Bassi DSP has been suspended and an inquiry initiated against him on a charge of threatening an eatery owner on March 28.

The suspect has been identified as ASI Gulshan Kumar while the identity of his accomplice is being verified.

In a complaint to SSP Rajiv Sharma, the eatery owner alleged that his son Chandan Sharma was at the shop when Gulshan and his accomplice came to them on March 28 near the Chandigarh-Ambala highway around 8 pm. The duo allegedly demanded that food be served in the car and Chandan refused to oblige.

This enraged the two and one of them identified himself as the DSP. He threatened to foist a case against him (Chandan). The incident was captured on a CCTV camera. The shop owner claimed that duo were drunk and threatened to register a case against him for “keeping poppy husk at the eatery”.

Mohali SP (Rural) Ravjot Kaur Grewal said: “Gulshan Sharma has been suspended.” The matter came to light when the video of the incident went viral on the social media. — TNS