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Punjab slapgate: Village headman booked
Tuesday December 06, 2011 10:48:48 AM,
IANS
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Chandigarh: A village
headman in Punjab's Muktsar district was Tuesday booked for
assaulting a woman teacher as she tried to reach ruling Shiromani
Akali Dal MP from Bathinda Harsimrat Badal to submit a memorandum.
However, police booked the absconding assaulter, Balwinder Singh
who belongs to the Akali Dal, only for causing hurt and wrongful
restraint -- both bailable offences. However, he is yet to be
arrested.
The incident took place Sunday when Barinder Pal Kaur was trying
to reach the venue of a meet-the-public programme of Harsimrat
Badal, the daughter-in-law of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal
and wife of Deputy Chief Minister and Akali Dal president Sukhbir
Singh Badal.
The Daula village 'sarpanch' slapped the woman teacher repeatedly
in full public view and in the presence of police officials. The
act was caught on camera by journalists present at the venue near
the village.
The headman was trying to prevent Barinder Pal Kaur and other
protesting teachers, who wanted to reach Harsimrat Badal, from
submitting a memorandum demanding permanent jobs for teachers. He
wanted the protesters to leave the function.
"He hit me all of a sudden without any provocation. No one has
even apologised for the incident. I want justice. This man should
be arrested," Barinder Kaur said later.
Harsimrat Badal Monday "strongly condemned" the incident.
Expressing "regret for this unpleasant incident", she said: "The
assault on a woman by any functionary was not acceptable, whatever
may be the provocation for that."
Police did not register a case for over 30 hours after the
incident, which took place in front of some police officers.
Even Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who saw the video footage
of the slapping incident on TV, tweeted: "Just saw a male sarpanch
slap and rough up a woman teacher on TV...disgusting and should be
punished for sure..."
Punjab goes in for assembly elections in February-March next year.
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