India, March 17 -- After public outrage, 12 Punjab Police personnel, including three inspectors, were placed under suspension on Monday and a departmental inquiry was ordered against them for thrashing an army colonel and his son over a parking dispute on Saturday.

Expressing regret and apologising for the incident, Patiala senior superintendent of police Nanak Singh said that the 12 policemen, including inspectors Harry Boparai, Ronnie Singh and Harjinder Dhillon, had been suspended with immediate effect. "The matter is being probed in detail and justice will be done," the SSP said.

Colonel Pushpinder Bath, who is undergoing treatment at the Military Hospital in Patiala and is posted at the army headquarters in New Delhi, was allegedly...