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Punjab ASI Suspended After Video Shows 5-Year-Old Tied to Gate in Faridkot

Police opened a departmental inquiry with the Child Welfare Committee set to decide the child's care.

Overview

  • Faridkot police, which acted Wednesday after a clip spread online, suspended ASI Sarabjit Kaur who is posted at a women's helpdesk at the Sadar station.
  • The video showed the girl bound to the home’s main gate and crying, and neighbours who heard her pleas intervened and freed her after recording the scene.
  • Investigators ordered a departmental probe and sent the case to the Child Welfare Committee, a statutory panel that determines interim care and protection in child abuse cases.
  • Police said the child’s parents live in Portugal and had left her with her grandmother, while local reports noted the officer’s husband has been unwell.
  • Officials said the child was rescued and welfare steps are underway, and one outlet noted it could not independently verify the video beyond police and resident accounts.