Thomas Kei is now lying paralysed in a hospital bed at the Port Moresby General Hospital waiting on an operation to remove bullets from his shot up legs.
Molex Mathew a relative looking after him says the man is in a lot of pain as he awaits surgery.
The March 23 incident in now being investigated by the Criminal Investigation Division officers at the police headquarters.
Assistant Police commissioner Crimes Victor Isouve has confirmed that the policeman were under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident.
