Chandigarh, March 18 -- Two assistant sub-inspectors, Sewa Singh and Ranjit, along with constable Deepak, were transferred to police lines after allegedly thrashing two young men at the Hallomajra police post on Sunday.

An investigation is also underway into the policemen's counterclaims that their uniforms were torn and that they were attacked.

The action came after a formal complaint was filed with the Chandigarh senior superintendent of police (SSP) against Sewa Singh and four to five other police personnel, accusing them of brutally assaulting Chandigarh residents Gobind Kumar and National Youth Awardee Rohit Kumar.

According to the complaint filed by Gobind, the incident unfolded on Sunday when he received a distress call from Roh...