Just two days after being honoured for his dedication to service, during Independence Day celebrations, a traffic cop landed in a controversy after a video, purportedly showing a traffic violator roughing him up and the cop retaliating, surfaced on social media.
The incident took place on Tuesday evening when the cop, identified as Jasveer Singh, who was posted at Fountain Chowk, stopped a biker for alleged violation of traffic signal.
But the biker, later identified as Tarun Kumar, tried to escape and in the process, hit the cop with the bike.
Soon, however, other cops arrived at the scene and apprehended the youth.
In the video, which is now being widely circulated on social media, the cop is seen pointing to injuries on face and claiming that the youth had slapped him and also tossed his turban.
The youth was booked under Section 186 (voluntarily obstructs any public servant in the discharge of his public functions), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 332 (voluntarily causes hurt to any person being a public servant in the discharge of his duty as such public servant) of the Indian Penal Code.
Kumar, however, claimed that it was the police personnel who abused him in full public view. He said that he was in a hurry as he had to reach the hospital to attend to an ailing relative.
{{/usCountry}}Kumar, however, claimed that it was the police personnel who abused him in full public view. He said that he was in a hurry as he had to reach the hospital to attend to an ailing relative.
{{/usCountry}}It is the second such incident where a traffic cop was injured while catching a traffic violator.
A similar incident had taken place in Patiala on August 14 when an assistant sub-inspector identified as Suba Singh suffered a fracture in his leg while trying to stop a traffic violator.