<p>Four persons have been arrested for allegedly beating up a Delhi Police constable when they were asked to remove their car parked on the route of President Pratibha Devisingh Patil’s cavalcade late on Monday night, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to a senior police official, Manoj Gupta, Ankit Rana and Anuj Gupta, residents of Gautam Nagar, and Manish Gupta, a Jawahar Nagar resident, were held after the incident took place at around 11 pm on Monday near Krishna Menon Marg.<br /><br />Roads blocked<br /><br />A one-and-half-year-old girl travelling with them was later handed over to her family.<br />“Roads were blocked for smooth passage of President’s cavalcade when a Hyundai i10 car approached a barricade at Sunehri Bagh Road from the wrong side,” a senior police officer said. <br /><br />The officer added that the driver had parked the car in such a way that it could have obstructed the traffic if the barricade was removed. <br /><br />When head constable Ramesh Singh and constable Umesh Meena asked the occupants to remove their car, they left the girl inside the car and got into a heated argument. <br /><br />Manoj, Manish, Ankit and Anuj then hurled abuses at both the officials and eventually physically manhandled constable Umesh.<br /><br />They were, however, overpowered by the staff of nearby police control room vehicles and their car was seized. <br /><br />Cop assaulted<br /><br />“The four men were later handed over to Tughlak Road police station and a case was lodged against them over Ramesh’s statement. It has also been alleged that they tore Umesh’s uniform,” the official added.<br /><br />The accused face charges of obstructing public servants, assault with criminal force and causing hurt under sections 186, 353 and 332. <br /><br />Umesh later got medical treatment for minor injuries at Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.<br />Sources said that the accused were under the influence of alcohol and started hurling abuses without any provocation.</p>
<p>Four persons have been arrested for allegedly beating up a Delhi Police constable when they were asked to remove their car parked on the route of President Pratibha Devisingh Patil’s cavalcade late on Monday night, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to a senior police official, Manoj Gupta, Ankit Rana and Anuj Gupta, residents of Gautam Nagar, and Manish Gupta, a Jawahar Nagar resident, were held after the incident took place at around 11 pm on Monday near Krishna Menon Marg.<br /><br />Roads blocked<br /><br />A one-and-half-year-old girl travelling with them was later handed over to her family.<br />“Roads were blocked for smooth passage of President’s cavalcade when a Hyundai i10 car approached a barricade at Sunehri Bagh Road from the wrong side,” a senior police officer said. <br /><br />The officer added that the driver had parked the car in such a way that it could have obstructed the traffic if the barricade was removed. <br /><br />When head constable Ramesh Singh and constable Umesh Meena asked the occupants to remove their car, they left the girl inside the car and got into a heated argument. <br /><br />Manoj, Manish, Ankit and Anuj then hurled abuses at both the officials and eventually physically manhandled constable Umesh.<br /><br />They were, however, overpowered by the staff of nearby police control room vehicles and their car was seized. <br /><br />Cop assaulted<br /><br />“The four men were later handed over to Tughlak Road police station and a case was lodged against them over Ramesh’s statement. It has also been alleged that they tore Umesh’s uniform,” the official added.<br /><br />The accused face charges of obstructing public servants, assault with criminal force and causing hurt under sections 186, 353 and 332. <br /><br />Umesh later got medical treatment for minor injuries at Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.<br />Sources said that the accused were under the influence of alcohol and started hurling abuses without any provocation.</p>
