Man accused of theft made to sit on bonnet of police automobile, paraded on Jammu streets; probe ordered | Jammu News

JAMMU: A person accused of robbing a affected person’s attendant and caught outdoors a hospital in Jammu’s Bakshinagar space on Tuesday was paraded on the streets by cops, together with his fingers tied and a garland of sneakers round his neck, and was additionally briefly made to sit on the bonnet of a transferring police automobile.Jammu SSP Joginder Singh ordered a departmental inquiry after a video of the incident went viral on social media, drawing criticism.In a press release, the SSP stated the sub-divisional police officer (metropolis), north, had been entrusted with the probe, and requested to submit the findings inside per week.The accused was publicly paraded and humiliated by cops from the Bakshinagar police station, the SSP stated, including: “This act on the part of police personnel is unprofessional, unbecoming of members of a disciplined organisation and calls for a stern departmental action against them.”Bakshinagar police stated the accused was a infamous felony and half of a gang that was just lately busted within the space. A resident of Kashmir, he was discovered underneath the affect of medication and caught after a scuffle and an extended chase, they claimed.According to police, the one that was robbed of Rs 40,000 just a few days in the past whereas shopping for medicines for a affected person, recognized the accused on Tuesday and confronted him. The accused attacked the person with a knife, inflicting accidents, and tried to flee.“However, a police patrol team noticed the scuffle and managed to catch hold of the thief after a chase,” a police officer stated, including: “Some locals also joined the chase and after the thief was caught, they made him wear a garland of footwear and cheered as he was being taken to the police station, with a public address system announcing his arrest.”This is the second such occasion in Jammu this month when police distributed on the spot justice to criminals after they have been caught. On June 11, three males concerned in a capturing incident on the outskirts of Jammu have been overwhelmed up in full public view whereas being taken to the police station.Police later clarified that they have been compelled to “apply necessary force” whereas getting back from courtroom after acquiring police remand, because the accused threatened civilians and even tried to intimidate the cops on responsibility.Earlier, a thief caught by locals for snatching a lady’s earrings was thrashed, his head half tonsured and face blackened, and was paraded semi-naked, earlier than he was handed over to police on April 11.