6 months on, ex-MLA booked for assault

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 21 

Almost six months after Jasjit Singh Bunny, son of a former Punjab minister, the late Capt Kanwaljit Singh, allegedly thrashed an AAP worker at his house in Sector 9, the Chandigarh Police have registered a case against him. Bunny is a former SAD MLA.

An AAP worker, Parkash Chand, a resident of Phase XI, Mohali, was allegedly thrashed by Bunny in November last year. Bunny was arrested under preventive measures that day. 

Bunny’s medical examination was conducted and the report had revealed that he was drunk at the time of the incident. He had entered into an altercation with the AAP worker and thrashed him. 

The police said the case had been registered on the basis of the medical report of the victim after taking a legal opinion.

The case has been registered under Sections 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint), 325 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC against the accused at the Sector 3 police station. 

On the day of the incident, Bunny’s mother Sarabjit Kaur, who was the APP candidate from Dera Bassi in the Assembly elections, and AAP worker Parkash Chand had returned from a political event when Bunny thrashed him over some issue.