THE PUNJAB Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) has submitted a complaint to Punjab and Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki alleging that a UT police team led by a station house officer (SHO) barged into the party office in Sector 15 and assaulted staffers and two journalists Wednesday.

The complaint said the incident took place after a protest march organised by Kisan & Khet Mazdoor Cell.

As per the complaint given by Capt Sandeep Singh Sandhu, in-charge of Punjab Congress Bhawan, it is alleged that as soon the protest ended, a police party wearing riot gear and armed with weapons, led by SHO Sector 11 police station Inspector Narinder Patial, barged into the Congress Bhawan and started “beating and abusing the staff and journalists present on the premises.”