A biker assaulted a traffic police sub-inspector when he tried to prevent him from getting into the route of the Vice-President. The biker was overpowered and taken into custody for questioning. He was later arrested and sent to Tihar in judicial custody.
The accused has been identified as Mahendra Singh, a resident of Khicharipur in East Delhi. The incident took place on Friday around 1.15 pm. However, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), New Delhi district, SBS Tyagi denied that there was a security breach as the Vice-President was not on the move at that time.
It all happened when Traffic Police had stopped traffic from both sides as Vice-President Hamid Ansari was about to move to his official residence at Maulana Azad road from the Parliament House. There was heavy deployment of armed police personnel from both the sides. In the meantime, an unidentified bike-borne youth broke through the security cordon and moved towards Raisina Hills from the South Fountain side on Vijay Chowk. All those on duty were taken aback as the Pulser bike moved at great speed. PCR van stationed in the vicinity chased the bike and biker was stopped.
The biker suddenly turned violent during the questioning and attacked a Sub-Inspector posted with the Traffic Police. He identified himself as Mahendra Singh and
started hitting the Traffic Policemen and even tore his uniform.
A senior police official said that he was overpowered and brought to Parliament Street police station for questioning. Meanwhile the injured policeman was taken to Dr Ram Manohar lohia hospital for medical examination. He was interrogated by senior police officers who wanted to ascertain his motive behind his speeding when a VVIP was about to move.
A case under Section 353/186/332 on the charges of preventing a government official from performing his duty and causing hurt at Parliament Street police station and the accused Mahender Singh was arrested and produced before the concerned court.