Stripped, beaten, turban thrown on camera: Army Jawan handed over to HC over abuse by Chandigarh police

An Indian Army personnel was handed over to the Punjab and Haryana High Court after he was allegedly stripped naked, beaten and removed his turban on camera by Chandigarh police officials in November 2023.

In his petition, Naik Arvinder Singh of the 10th Corps Signal Regiment alleged that police officers from Sector 11 police station in Chandigarh forced him to write blank documents after threatening him with a false case. sign.

The High Court has reportedly listed the matter for hearing on February 21. indian express.

In an order dated February 1, the court ordered the Sector 11 police station to preserve the CCTV footage of November 12 last year, the day of the incident.

Naik Arvinder Singh was reportedly involved in a marital dispute with his estranged wife, who is a constable of the Chandigarh police station and posted to the same police station.

The soldier, who is stationed in Bathinda, claimed that on November 12, 2023, he came to Mullanpur near Chandigarh to meet his wife and young son. There, he was summoned to Mullanpur police station by Punjab Police Sub-Inspector Paramjit Singh and was threatened and intimidated.

Naik Singh was then asked to go to Sector 11 Chandigarh police station where he was subjected to physical and mental torture and asked to stay away from his wife, the soldier said in the petition.

The Army personnel named Inspector Malkit Singh and Inspector Sunil of Sector 11 Police Station in the petition and claimed that he was threatened after he was threatened with false NDPS and Arms Act cases. He was forced to sign blank documents and write two statements.

He claimed that some of the men also beat him, took off his clothes, threw away his turban, and recorded the torture on camera.

Singh contacted the Chandigarh SSP on November 16, 2023, but his complaint reportedly went unanswered.

according to IE In January this year, Naik Singh’s commanding officer Colonel Manal Mehta reportedly wrote to the Chandigarh Inspector General of Police saying he was “angry over the incident” and sought redress over the ” The police took action as it was an insult to the Indian Army.

Naik Singh’s petition mentioned that a complaint lodged by his commanding officer with the IGP had been flagged for investigation to the same police station where he was abused.

On January 15, 2024, he filed an application with the Chandigarh police SSP seeking questioning from a DSP-level police officer, but after receiving no reply, he approached the high court.