PATIALA: Three days after seven baptized Sikh youths were allegedly detained and tortured at Sannaur police station, a case was registered against the accused assistant sub-inspector on Wednesday.ASI Narender Singh has been charged wirth under sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 342 (illegal confinement) of the Indian Penal Code . He was placed under suspension on Monday.Patiala senior superintendent of police (SSP) M S Sidhu, who ordered the registration of the FIR, said action had been taken on the basis of the inquiry report submitted by superintendent of police (SP) Kesar Singh, who indicted the ASI of illegal confinment and causing hurt to the men. He said a departmental probe had also been ordered against Sanour station house officer (SHO) Iqbal Singh for his “lack of control over subordinates”.Patiala deputy commissioner Kumar Amit had on Tuesday ordered a magisterial probe into the matter, following a request forwarded by the SSP. Sidhu said in case the magisterial probe establishes the involvement of other policeman at Sanour police station in the incident, action would also be initiated against them too.Meanwhile, former Union minister for external affairs Preneet Kaur , who is the wife of Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh , on Wednesday, met the victim at the Government Rajindra Hospital. Later, speaking to the media, she said it was an unfortunate incident and the concerned officials have been asked to take strict action against the accused to ensure that such incidents were not repeated in the future.Meanwhile, the Punjab State Human Rights Commission has also taken notice of the incident and asked the additional chief secretary of the state Home Department to submit a report in this regard.The family of the victim had alleged that ASI Narinder Singh along with a constable had intercepted seven Sikhs, who were on their way to attend a religious function at Gurudwara Dukhniwaran Sahib in Patiala, after which the youths started making a video on their mobile phones. The cops, who were allegedly drunk, broke their mobile phones and later took them to the police station, where they were illegally detained and tortured them.As per the allegations, the cops resorted to third-degree torture and physically assaulted the youths and even sodomised one of them. The others were asked to hold each other’s private parts and cut their pubic hair. Sticks and leather belts were also used to torture the youths. It has also been claimed that later, they even poured liquor into the victim’s mouth. The matter had come to light when the parents of the detained youth reached the police station to register a missing person’s complaint.

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