New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) In connection with the recent assault on a serving Army Brigadier, along with his son in South Delhi’s Vasant Enclave, action has been initiated by Delhi Police following intervention at multiple levels. An FIR was registered, and the police have taken cognisance of alleged lapses in the initial response. The personnel concerned have reportedly been shifted pending further enquiry.
Preliminary investigation has led to the identification of the principal accused as Satinder Kumar, resident of Mehram Nagar, stated to be associated with an aviation company.
It is expected that Delhi Police will proceed expeditiously to apprehend the accused and take the investigation to its logical conclusion.
The incident unfolded when the Brigadier stepped out for a walk with his son after dinner on Saturday. Just outside their residence, they noticed two individuals sitting in a parked white Mercedes car and consuming alcohol. When the officer objected, an argument broke out between the two parties.
According to officials, the Brigadier and his son were attacked by a group of men after they objected to two men consuming alcohol inside a parked car in their residential area. The incident is reported to have occurred on April 11 at around 10 P.M.
Talking to IANS, the officer’s wife recounted the sequence of events, saying: “The whole incident was that two individuals were sitting in a white Mercedes car and drinking alcohol. After dinner, when my husband and son went out for a walk, they objected, saying that drinking in a residential colony is not allowed, after which the individuals spoke to them inappropriately. We did not retaliate and called the PCR. PCR took time, and after a while, they arrived and talked to the men in the Mercedes. Till the time the official started taking our statements, goons arrived in two cars and started assaulting my son and husband.”
She further alleged a lack of police intervention during the assault.
“Instead of helping us, the police personnel went back to their van. My husband tried to save my son from the goons, but they were also hitting him. When I approached the police personnel again, he denied the help, stating that he alone could not do anything in front of so many goons. He said that he will wait for his team. His team never arrived. The goons kept hitting my husband and son for 20 minutes. I was trying to save them, and even then, the goons passed comments on me,” she said.
Describing her interaction with the police, she added: “When I asked the police personnel to take me to the police station, he opened the van’s trunk for me and told me to lie there, and he would take me to the station. I said I would not sit in the trunk. I want to sit on the seat, to which the personnel said, ‘This is not your place’. So with our own car, we went to the police station, where we did not get any assistance and questioned why we were calling the PCR again and again and frustrating them.”
The family said a complaint was filed in the early hours of April 12. “We had filed a complaint on April 12 at around 2 A.M. However, no action was taken till we sought help through the Defence channels. He (the Brigadier) was taken to the hospital by the police. We ourselves took him to our Army hospital, as the police said they did not have the ambulance to take him to Safdarjung Hospital. No police officer went with us; they ignored everything, eating parathas and everything. They ignored our agony,” she added.
–IANS
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