The Batala police have booked Navtej Singh Guggu, who runs a private hospital, here on Thursday for attacking the SHO of City police station and his team during a raid at his hospital in Dharampura Colony.
On Wednesday, a police team from Dinanagar came to Batala to investigate a robbery case and they got information that some accused are undergoing treatment at Guggu’s hospital.
Under the pretext of conducting “search”, the cops allegedly manhandled the hospital staff for three hours, and SHO (Batala City) Mukhtiar Singh openly depicted highhandedness.
During this, the public present inside the hospital gathered to oppose the high-handedness of police after which the cops ran away from the hospital.
On July 2, the cops registered a case against Navtej Singh Guggu and several others for obstructing the working of police.
On the basis of the video, police have registered a case under Sections 353, 186, 427 and 148 of the IPC against Navtej Singh Guggu and six unidentified persons.
Police was sent to hospital for his arrest but he was absconding.
Justifying his action, Guggu said, “Police manhandled the hospital staff and patients following which I rushed to the hospital and questioned the SHO about his highhandedness.”
“I and my supporters will hold a dharna in front of the SSP office and if police dare, they can arrest me,” he said.