Bhubaneswar, March 22 -- Rajya Sabha MP Rekha Sharma on Saturday called for the immediate arrest of the police personnel involved in the alleged assault of Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath, emphasising that suspension is not a punishment in the case.

Speaking to ANI, Rekha Sharma said that the police are doing "hooliganism" in Punjab and the state government allegedly supporting them.

"On March 14, an (Army) officer and his son were going to Patiala, when they reached Patiala and was having food sitting inside their car. From the opposite side, a Police vehicle came along with two civilian vehicles, all 3 vehicles were full of Police personnel. They used very bad language and asked the officer and his son to move their vehicle from the spo...