ਸਿਮਰਨਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਬੈਂਸ ਨੇ 19 ਜੂਨ 2009 ਨੂੰ ਮੇਜਰ ਗੁਰਨਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਬੇਨੀਪਾਲ ਦੀ ਲਧਿਆਣਾ ਦੇ ਸਬ ਰਜਿਸਟਰਾਰ ਆਫਿਸ ਵਿਖੇ ਕੁੱਟਮਾਰ ਕੀਤੀ ਅਤੇ ਦਸਤਾਰ ਦੀ ਬੇਅਦਬੀ ਕੀਤੀ ਸੀ।

In an outrageous attack on a sub-registrar, a bunch of SAD workers beat up Gurninder Singh Benipal at his office on 19 June 2009, Friday morning. In an ugly show of might amounting to lawlessness, a mob led by a few SAD councillors and local leaders assaulted the sub-registrar and tore off his clothes in front of the office staff.

Significantly, the incident occurred minutes after minister for tourism and jails Heera Singh Gabria left the sub-registrar’s office. It is an open fact that Heera Singh Gabria and SAD councillor Simranjit Singh Bains have differences over political issues. Sources revealed that an associate of Bains had gone to the sub-registrar office for some administrative work.

However, Benipal refused to entertain him, stating that he was busy with Gabria at that time. Following this, a large number of SAD workers entered the office and started thrashing Benipal.

"A bunch of 40-50 people enterted the office and started beating up Benipal," an official said, on condition of anonymity.

Several colleagues of the sub-registrar witnessed the violent scene, while Kuldeep Singh, additional deputy commissioner, sustained a minor injury after he tried to intervene. Subsequently, the injured sub-registrar was shifted to DMC Hospital, where he is still undergoing treatment.

Notably, deputy commissioner and senior superintendent of police reached the spot to take control of the situation. However, the hooliganism of Bains’s supporters did not end there allegedly, as the DC and SSP, who were trying to leave the spot, were stopped on their way by the miscreants.