Punjab Police suspended the ASI after a video of her granddaughter, crying after being left outside with her limbs bound with cloth, went viral.
A woman assistant sub-inspector (ASI) in Punjab’s Faridkot was suspended after she allegedly tied her five-year-old granddaughter to a gate at her residence, leaving her there in scorching heat, police said on Wednesday.
The action came after a purported clip showing the girl — crying profusely, with her hands and feet tied to the gate with a cloth — went viral on social media.
After hearing the child’s cries, neighbours — who captured the alleged cruelty on video — came to her rescue and untied the girl.
Police said the parents of the girl are residing in Portugal and have left the child to her grandmother’s care.
ASI Sarabjit Kaur is posted as a Mahila Mitra (women’s helpdesk) in Faridkot, police said.
After the video went viral, Faridkot Senior Superintendent of Police Pragya Jain took note of it and placed the ASI under suspension.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Tarlochan Singh said the ASI is a resident of Dogar Basti area in Faridkot.
