Man held for making video of murder accused in lockup

Ludhiana: The Koom Kalan police, on Tuesday, arrested a man for sneaking into Katani Kalan police post, making a video of two murder accused lodged in lockup and uploading it on social media. The incident took place in July, but police came to know about the viral video a few days ago after which a probe was started.
During investigation, the police learned that Amarjeet Singh of Dholanwal village had made and uploaded the video on social media.A case was registered against him under Section 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public function) of the IPC and the Punjab Police Act.
The two accused were arrested in the case of murder of Mangat Singh, who was allegedly assaulted to death by a Congress worker and his accomplices on July 16.
ASI Randhir Singh said, “The police had arrested Avtar Singh and Lakhdeep Singh in the murder case on July 25. Due to their pending Covid test reports, the duo was kept in the police post lockup till July 27. Amarjeet was a friend of Mangat. He sneaked into the police post, captured a video of the accused sitting in the lockup and made it viral. It is illegal to capture and release a picture or a video of police lockup. Besides, he had scaled the wall of the police post to gain entry. When police came to know about the viral video, a probe was initiated and the accused arrested.”
Mangat, 45, of Salempur village was allegedly assaulted by Congress worker Nachattar Singh, who is the husband of a Zila Parishad member, his brothers Kala Singh, Naam Singh, son Sher Singh, and accomplices over an old rivalry. His kin had protested at the office of commissioner of police, seeking arrest of the accused.