Why did ‘injured’ cops go to private hospital, asks Colonel Bath’s wife

After the Punjab and Haryana High Court handed over the investigation in Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath’s assault case to the Chandigarh Police, his wife Jaswinder Kaur visited the private hospital where Inspector Ronnie Singh, one of the accused, along with another cop named Randhir had gone for treatment, to secure the CCTV footage.

She said the High Court had issued directions to the Civil Lines police station to secure the footage of the incident and cops had accompanied her to the hospital.

“The incident occurred near Rajindra Hospital late in the night. I will share the video clip in which it is clear that Randhir was not involved in the fight, but his medico-legal report (MLR) was made from the private hospital. Around 1.20 am, Ronnie Singh and Randhir had visited the private hospital for treatment. If the incident had occurred just outside Rajindra Hospital, why did they visit a private hospital for treatment? Why didn’t they go to Rajindra Hospital the way my husband and son had?” asked Jaswinder Kaur.

On whether she apprehended tampering with the evidence, she stressed, “We have told the authorities of the private hospital that as per the court’s direction, the digital video recording has to be secured.”

Inspector Ronnie Singh claimed that he had been falsely implicated in the case. In a petition before the High Court, he had claimed that he along with a police team had conducted a raid near Rajindra Hospital following an intelligence input on a wanted drug trafficker.

It was alleged in the petition that during the operation, he encountered individuals consuming alcohol in public and obstructing access to hospital. On being asked to clear the passage, those persons, including the Colonel and his son, reacted aggressively, assaulted the petitioner.

Punjab