A constable was allegedly attacked with chilli powder and bricks when he tried to stop seven seemingly suspicious men in South-West Delhi’s Bindapur area in wee hours of Monday. The incident has been captured on CCTV and police have identified the accused.
The incident took place around 3.45 am when the constable identified as Pawan and home guard laxmi Narayan were on night duty in the area of Manas Kunj T point in Mangal Bazar road. They spotted at least seven men walking together in a group and going towards Uttam Nagar. The presence of so many men at such an odd hour alerted Pawan and he stopped them. In his complaint Pawan said that he became suspicious about them and to question them further asked them to sit near a shop. The men agreed but one of them refused and began verbally abusing Pawan and Narayan.
Sensing that the men could attack them, Pawan took out his pistol, made a phone call to Bindapur Police station and asked for back-up. Meanwhile one of the men suddenly threw chilli powder at Pawan, almost blinding him with effect.
later the men started hurling bricks at Pawan and Narayan. When the latter tried to restrain them, all of them pinned Pawan and throwing more bricks at him. When a brick hit Narayan on the head, Pawan fired two times due to which the men fled from the spot. A case under sections 186 (Obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions), 353 (Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 337 (Causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) and 34 (common intention) of the IPC was registered against unknown persons at Bindapur police station.
DCP (South-West) Surender Kumar said that that based on CCTV footages, the accused have been identified and their locations traced. They will be nabbed in a couple of days, Kumar added.