4 drunk men, women held for manhandling cop

A head constable was manhandled by a group of four drunk women and men near MG Road Metro station in the early hours of Sunday.

According to the police, around 12:45 am, Ahana, Assa, Shreyas and Jitin had picked up a fight with the employees of a pub on MG Road. The staff alerted the Cubbon Park police.

Revanasiddappa, a head constable attached to Cubbon Park police station, found that the four left the pub. After a while, the head constable found them near MG Road Metro station. The gang of four complained to the cop that they were ill-treated by the pub employees, the police said.

Revanasiddappa asked them to lodge a complaint at the police station but they refused. The head constable alerted the Hoysala patrol vehicle, and by the time the patrol squad could reach the spot, the drunk men and women manhandled the cop.

They were taken to the police station, where they created ruckus. They again picked a fight when they were taken for medical examination at the Bowring hospital, added the police.

A case was filed against the group of four drunk men and women at the Cubbon Park police station and they were arrested.