Chandigarh, March 22 -- After the alleged assault on Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath by Punjab Police personnel, Advocate HS Phoolka on Saturday raised alarm over the growing misuse of power within law enforcement, criticizing the unchecked authority granted to police forces.

Speaking to ANI, Phoolka called for stricter oversight and control over the police to prevent further misuse of power.

"If you keep the law aside and do something, if you give so much power to the bureaucracy that they don't fear any law then it will be misused. In the name of controlling militants, how much hooliganism did the Police do and how innocent people were arrested, it is all in front of there. What happened to Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath is the result of...