Bhopal

Cop, man get into verbal spat over barricading

Staff Reporter

Unruly scenes were witnessed at Polytechnic Square after a man was mishandled by policeman after a heated verbal spate between police and man whose car was obstructed in barricades in the evening on Monday.

The senior officials failed to provide any details and expressed ignorance over the issue even after the video was circulated widely over the social media in various groups.

The man seen in the video and his mother were found to be engaged in heated exchange of words after their car was not allowed to move due to barricades put on roads towards Shymala Hills from Polytechnic Square.

During altercation In-charge of Shymala Hills police Tarun Bhati scuffled with the man and continued verbal spate with his mother. It was spotted in the video that Bhati pushed the man and pulled him grabbing his collar.

SP South SK Thota failed to shed any information in the matter when contacted. The zonal in-charge ASP Zone 3 Ram Snehi Mishra expressed ignorance over the issue and said that he would check and provide details of the incident.

None of the officials were aware and concerned about the incident which spread like fire over the social media groups.

Another sensation prevailed among the citizens after it was found that several roads which were open for the past nine days of lockdown were closed and checking of vehicles was done by police at several places creating inconvenience to the citizens on the occasion of Rakhsabandhan festival.