Tarn Taran, April 24
The video of the ransacked house of two brothers, both of whom are Army men and residents of Piddi village, eight km from here, has gone viral on social media. It has caused embarrassment to the district administration.The incident took place on April 14 while a case under Sections 324, 452, 427, 506. 148 and 149 of the IPC was registered on April 18. A total of 23 persons, including 16 are yet to be identified, were booked.Sub-Inspector Amritpal Singh, who is investigating the case, said raids were on to arrest the accused.Jasbir Singh Piddi, former sarpanch of the village, said the victim, Jaswant Singh and Paramjit Singh, had come to the village on leave. He said the accused were harassing them by parking their bikes in the common street. He said the accused armed with swords, sticks and other sharp-edged weapons attacked them and ransacked the house. The victims are three brothers and Baljinder Kaur is the wife of their third brother. She is the sarpanch of the village.Jasbir Singh said a delegation of villagers had met SSP Darshan Singh Mann on Monday and demanded action against the accused, but no accused had been arrested yet. He said the damaged household items were worth more than Rs 20 lakh. The former sarpanch said a car and bikes were damaged. — OC