Caught on camera: ‘Akali Dal’ leaders thrash five-month pregnant nurse in Moga

In a shocking incident a man and his son have been caught on camera assaulting a pregnant nurse in a private hospital in Bhaghapurana town in Moga district of Punjab. The accused are allegedly members of Akali Dal. 

The video which has gone viral shows Alamwala sarpanch Paramjeet Singh and his son, Gurjeet Singh, getting into a verbal fight with hospital staff. Seconds later the duo can be seen pushing the nurse and hitting her violently, while the rest of the staff tries to save her. The nurse is five-month pregnant and claims to have sustained internal injuries. 

According to reports, the ‘Akali’ sarpanch was at hospital to get villager Gelo discharged. He had asked Dr Rohit Ravi for a bill and nurse Ramandeep Kaur claims she asked them politely to wait at the reception. “He started abusing me, saying ‘tu mainu jandi nahin, main Akali sarpanch aa’ (You don’t know me. I am an Akali sarpanch),” she stated in her first-information report (FIR).

“After that, Gurjeet pushed me and when I tried to resist, both the sarpanch and his son thrashed me. I received internal injuries,” she was quoted in media. 

A security-camera video of the assault made it to the social media with the tag ‘Akali Sarpanch di Goondagardi’.

CCTV: Akali Dal leader Paramjit Singh and son assault nurse at a hospital in Moga(Punjab) (22/9/16) pic.twitter.com/IMa09ytBwE

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Police booked both accused under sections 451 (house trespass to commit an offence), 323 (punishment for causing hurt voluntarily), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation), and 34 (common intent in crime) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Baghapurana in Moga district.

Baghapurana station house officer (SHO) Gurmail Singh said the accused were on the run.