Auto driver arrested for assaulting traffic cop

City police arrested a 23-year-old goods auto-rickshaw driver for assaulting a traffic police constable over a road rage incident in Frazer Town Monday evening.

Imran Sheikh, a resident of KG Halli, was charged with 'assault and obstructing a government servant from discharging duties'. Police produced him before a magistrate and remanded him in judicial custody.

According to the police, the incident occurred around 7.30 pm at the busy Sundara Hospital junction in Frazer Town, where traffic was disrupted at the railway bridge junction.

Yenkanna Biradar of the Pulakeshinagar traffic police station was on duty, busy manning traffic when Sheikh was driving his vehicle in a rash and negligent manner. He almost ran over Biradar.

Biradar told Sheikh to stop the vehicle and reprimanded him. Sheikh, after stopping the vehicle in the middle of the road, hurled abuses at Biradar and pounced on him, intimidating the constable.

Biradar tried to catch hold of Sheikh, who grabbed the policeman by his collar and punched his face. Biradar’s colleague Basavaraj Golageri, who was on duty nearby, heard the commotion and rushed to his colleague’s help.

He, along with a few passersby, nabbed Sheikh who was trying to flee and brought him to the Pulakeshinagar law and order police station, where a case was registered.