Udhayveer Singh Randhawa, the son of the late Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, the former deputy chief minister of Punjab, has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a law student in Chandigarh, according to the police. The minister’s son was accused of assault by the law student identified as Narveer Gill, who then filed a First Information Report (FIR) with the police, prompting them to book him on Thursday.
The law student Narveer Gill, was also booked after Randhawa’s son lodged a counter-complaint against him.
“I Udhayveer Singh Randhawa, son of Sukhjinder Singh was at a restaurant in Sector-17 Chandigarh when Narveer Gill attacked me and took off my turban. I caught hold of his hair in the restaurant but he ran away to the Sector 17 Plaza. When I caught him and brought him to the police station Sec-17, he purposely hit me on my neck and took off my turban, which can be seen from the camera recording of the restaurant. This is the third attempt by him on me and I have made a complaint to the Punjab Police to kindly resolve my complaint,” stated that Udhayveer Singh Randhawa’s complaint was filed in an FIR. On the basis of their respective complaints, the police said cross-FIRs were filed against Udhayveer Singh Randhawa and Narveer Gill, and an investigation is ongoing.