In yet another incident of a cop being at the receiving end while confronting miscreants, a Chandigarh Police constable suffered injuries when he tried to intervene in a quarrel between two persons at Kaimbwala, on Thursday.
When Police Control Room received information about a disturbance at Kaimbwala, Constable Vicky reached the spot and found two persons having a heated argument.The complainant, Kripal Singh, stated that Sanjay Kumar, had stolen his mobile and also misbehaved with him. However, when the police questioned Sanjay about the allegations, he started misbehaving with the cop and also thrashed him.
The cop alleged that Sanjay hit him with a stick, following which he got injured and was rushed to the Government Multi Specialty Hospital, Sector 16 for treatment.
After the incident, the accused attempted to escape from the spot but he was caught by the other police officers and was arrested for allegedly manhandling with a police official and for deterring him from performing Government duty, said Harjeet Kaur, SHO, PS 3.Meanwhile a case against Sanjay Kumar has been registered by the police and further investigations are under progress, added the SHO.