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Traffic violators assault cops

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: Four policemen were beaten up in different parts of the Capital over the weekend when they intercepted errant motorists during routine checks.

In the first incident, traffic police Head Constable Sanjeev and Constable Narender spotted a man driving a Skoda car on the wrong side on the Moti Nagar-Bali Nagar section of Najafgarh Road. The two chased him on their motorcycle. However, he fled in his car. The police personnel then followed him up to his house in Bali Nagar. There the accused, later identified as Kapil Kumar, got into a scuffle with them and allegedly tore off their challan book. He then also allegedly beat them up.

He was subsequently booked for criminal intimidation, causing damage to public property and obstructing a public servant from doing his duty.

In the second incident, a Police Control Room van stopped a motorcyclist for driving without a helmet in Kalkaji. It led to an altercation between the offender and the policemen with the former questioning the authority of the PCR staff to stop him. He then roughed up driver Constable Rohtas before fleeing.

In the third incident, Constable Ajay was beaten up by a Tata-407 truck driver. The constable was on motorcycle patrol duty in Delhi Cantonment when he signalled the vehicle driving on the wrong side to stop.

The driver first fled from the scene and later on being chased called up his friends over phone. Together they assaulted the constable.

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