The doctors have successfully stitched back the severed wrist of the policeman who was attacked while imposing the lockdown orders in Punjab's Patiala, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has said. ASI Harjeet Singh's wrist was chopped off, while two other officers were injured when a group of people attacked them at a vegetable market in Patiala this morning.Mr Singh posted on Twitter that it took around a seven and a half hour long surgery to operate the injured hand of the policeman. "I thank the entire team of doctors and support staff for their painstaking effort. Wishing ASI Harjeet Singh a speedy recovery," Mr Singh posted on Twitter. Punjab Police chief Dinkar Gupta also tweeted that Harjeet Singh was recovering well.
"Just spoke with the lead Plastic surgeon who did the successful surgery to stitch back the hand of our brave corona warrior ASI Harjeet Singh. Also spoke with Harjeet, who is in high spirits. We still have to wait and watch for the next five days," Mr Gupta tweeted. A group of four-five 'Nihangs' (Sikhs armed with traditional weapons and dressed in loose blue top) were travelling in a vehicle and they were asked to stop at a vegetable market at around 6.15 am by the Mandi board officials. They were asked to show (curfew) passes. But they crashed the vehicle against the the gate and barricades put up there. The group then attacked the police personnel on duty. The incident took place when restrictions are in place in the state because of the coronavirus outbreak.