Punjab Police: Chandigarh: शराब में मदमस्त बिगड़ैल शहजादों के ट्रैफिक पुलिस वालों को टक्कर मारने पर कार्रवाई हो, ट्रैफिक पुलिसवालों को अवार्ड,पैसा मिलें..

CHANDIGARH: When a cop on duty is knocked down by rash or errant drivers, a case is registered swiftly, but little happens after that. However, the recent conviction of a Noida-based engineer who hit a traffic cop with his vehicle and his being sentenced to 3 years' jail has brought into focus 11 cops who were at the receiving end of motorists' wrath in the Tricity. It has also renewed their hopes of getting justice. A majority of these case files are gathering dust in record rooms or courts. The are five instances of Chandigarh policemen being targeted on duty at traffic nakas, four of Panchkula cops and two of Mohali police personnel.

In two instances, the cases were filed as untraced after cops failed to identify any of the accused. In July 7, 2009, constable Satish Kumar, deployed on traffic duty at Sector 10 roundabout in Panchkula, was knocked down by a helmetless motorcyclist. A case was registered at Sector 5 police station, but marked untraced after cops failed to identify the accused. In Chandigarh, head constable (HC) Prit Pal Singh of UT police was attacked with blunt weapons at Sector-34 roundabout on January 21, 2010. But, police sent an untraced report. The most serious one occurred in September 2007 when head constable Karanbir Singh was run over by Jitender Pal Singh of Mohali, who was driving a gypsy, near Sector 39. He suffered multiple fractures in his left leg and is unable to carry out any taxing job even today. Karanbir told TOI, ''I was discharged from hospital after one-year medical treatment and am not able to undertake any hectic activity. I attend the court hearings regularly, but sometimes the investigative officer fails to come, and the case is put off to the next date.'' The trauma that constable Anil Kumar went through is no less. On May 2, 2010, this PS-31 cop was dragged for half a kilometre by an SUV being driven by a tipsy Ashok of Ramdarbar. He fractured his right arm. Though, the accused, Ashok, was arrested, delay in his medical examination failed to confirm presence of alcohol in his blood. 'Our priority' Assuring action, officiating SSP (UT) Hardeep Singh Doon said, ''These cases are on our priority list and an untraced report was filed only in one case.'' When asked about the reason for delay, Doon said investigation of these cases would be reviewed.