Cop punches female friend, breaks her mother's tooth

A head constable allegedly caused a ruckus outside the home of a female friend on Saturday night and then brutally assaulted her when she confronted him the next day.

Prakash Rathod had befriended the 32-year-old woman who lives with her mother near the police quarters in Kothanur, East Bengaluru. The woman’s husband had died a few years ago.

The policeman and the woman had met four years ago and met occasionally. But she stopped talking to him after he allegedly harassed her over “trivial” issues.

Rathod wasn’t prepared for this.

Around 11 pm on Saturday, he went to her house in an inebriated state and pelted it with stones, drawing neighbours. The woman woke up to the commotion and was startled to find a crowd outside.

But Rathod had left by then. The next day, she went to his house and confronted him about the previous night’s behaviour.

A furious Rathod pulled her by the hair before dragging and punching her in the face. He then kicked her viciously. He didn’t spare her mother when she came to her rescue. He even bit the elderly woman’s fingers and broke one of her teeth.

Following a complaint from the woman, the Kothanur police booked Rathod under IPC sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 504 (intentional insult to provoke breach of peace), 323 (assault) and 325 (assault causing grievous injuries).

In an interesting twist, Rathod has filed a counter-complaint at the adjacent Sampigehalli police station, accusing the woman of assault and criminal intimidation.