Angered by random check, bike rider assaults cops

A bike rider abused, manhandled and threatened to kill two policemen on patrolling duty after the cops stopped him for a random check at Byatrayanapura junction in Kodigehalli on Tuesday night.

Police constable Lakshmeesha, along with his senior colleague, head constable Keshava were on duty in their Hoysala patrol vehicle at the Byatarayanapura junction when they noticed a motorcycle zoom pass them in uncontrollable speed.

Suspecting something wrong, the policemen chased him for a few yards and intercepted the bike. When Lakshmeesha asked the rider to identify himself, the man said he was Balaji and started hurling abuses.

Balaji then manhandled Lakshmeesha, pushed him to the ground and threatened to kill the police if he stopped him again, before speeding away. The incident happened before Keshava could reach Lakshmeesha.

Keshava returned to the police station and filed a complaint, based on which the police took up a case against the biker, charging him for assaulting government servants while on duty and criminal intimidation. The police are verifying the CCTV footage.