A Bayonne man who was forced to walk home five blocks in the cold two weeks after his foot was partially amputated is suing the city, the police department and the officer who impounded his car.

Keiran Walsh and his wife, Melba, are asking for compensatory and punitive damages in connection with the Nov. 27, 2017 incident that was first reported by The Jersey Journal. The lawsuit, which was filed on Nov. 27, does not specify an amount sought.

The Walshes did not return a request for comment. Police and city officials declined to comment, citing a policy of not commenting on ongoing litigation.

The 20-page lawsuit cites “the unlawful motor vehicle stop of ... Keiran Walsh, seizure of his vehicle and the discriminatory, harassing, malicious and reckless conduct that followed, including the reckless abandonment of Keiran Walsh ... (and) the willful disregard and deliberate indifference to Mr. Walsh’s health, welfare or safety."

Walsh, who suffers from diabetes, told The Jersey Journal at the time that he was on his way to pick up his pain medication and was pulled over by a city police officer. Walsh believed that he was pulled over because he had beeped at the officer, who he said was driving too fast.

Walsh said Police Officer Stephen Salot told him he was being pulled over because he had a handicap placard hanging from his rearview mirror while driving. Walsh’s registration had lapsed, so Salot said the car would be towed, Walsh maintained.

Despite pleas from him and his wife for the officer to arrange his transportation home, Walsh said he was forced to walk five long blocks to his home. When he arrived there, his foot was bleeding.

The lawsuit also states that the ordeal led to Walsh developing a serious infection that required several lengthy hospitalizations and further amputation. Walsh also suffered “substantial, permanent loss of a bodily function, disfigurement and dismemberment, ... severe emotional distress and mental anguish,” said the lawsuit, filed by Jennifer Harwood Ruhl of the Grossman law firm of Freehold.

Police Director Robert Kubert and then-Police Chief Drew Sisk are also named in the lawsuit, which says they failed to properly supervise Salot.

Walsh filed an internal affairs complaint, and in a letter issued six weeks after the incident, the Bayonne Police Department determined that Salot did not follow “appropriate department policies and procedures.”