Police Officer’s Hand Chopped Off While Enforcing Coronavirus Lockdown Measures

On Sunday, an Indian police officer’s hand was chopped off with a sword while he was trying to enforce lockdown measures implemented due to the novel coronavirus.

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The hand of Harjit Singh, an assistant sub inspector for the Punjab police, was chopped off while he patrolled outside a vegetable market a city in northwestern India.

While patrolling the area, a truck carrying seven men, who belong to the Sikh minority warrior sect known as the Nihangs, were stopped at a barricade.

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When the men in the truck were asked for valid travel passes, one of them pulled out a sword and chopped Singh’s hand off.

The accused crashed through a series of barricades and attacked the police personnel who inquired about their curfew passes.

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The group of men traveling in the truck were arrested shortly after and several police officers, including Singh, were transported to the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh.

Singh underwent several hours of surgery, with doctors reattaching his severed hand to his left wrist.

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The Chief Minister of Punjab Amarinder Singh announced in a tweet that: “I am happy to share that a 7 ½ hour long surgery has been successfully completed in PGI to repair the severed wrist of ASI Harjeet Singh.

I thank the entire team of doctors and support staff for their painstaking effort. Wishing ASI Harjeet Singh a speedy recovery.”

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I am happy to share that a 7 1/2 hour long surgery has been successfully completed in PGI to repair the severed wrist of ASI Harjeet Singh. I thank the entire team of doctors and support staff for their painstaking effort. Wishing ASI Harjeet Singh a speedy recovery.

— Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) April 12, 2020

The incident occurred during India’s nationwide lockdown, which is expected to end on April 14. The lockdown was implemented as a way to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus, which causes the respiratory disease COVID-19.