A Delhi police constable has been arrested for beating an engineer of MCD in south-east district on Friday. The incident took place when the MCD official, Prakash Kumar, was on inspection duty in Ambedkar Nagar.
During the inspection, he had a heated argument with beat constable Rajender Singh, which turned violent. Singh then started beating Kumar. According to a police official, when Kumar raised an alarm, a few neighbours intervened in the matter and made a PCR call. The police came and took the duo to local police station.
Kumar then sat on a strike with other MCD officials and the police registered a complaint against the cop.
A senior police official had to intervene and the accused was arrested. Only after that the protest ended.
‘Singh has been arrested under Sections 186 [obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions] and 353 [assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty] of Indian Penal Code,’ said a senior police official.
The official added that the MCD official was inspecting the genesis of dengue and malaria door to door when he was stopped by the constable.
During the inspection, he had a heated argument with beat constable Rajender Singh, which turned violent. Singh then started beating Kumar. According to a police official, when Kumar raised an alarm, a few neighbours intervened in the matter and made a PCR call. The police came and took the duo to local police station.
Kumar then sat on a strike with other MCD officials and the police registered a complaint against the cop.
A senior police official had to intervene and the accused was arrested. Only after that the protest ended.
‘Singh has been arrested under Sections 186 [obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions] and 353 [assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty] of Indian Penal Code,’ said a senior police official.
The official added that the MCD official was inspecting the genesis of dengue and malaria door to door when he was stopped by the constable.