Chandigarh police on Tuesday arrested a woman, a national of Uzbekistan, for allegedly creating a ruckus outside a hotel at Sector-22 and assaulting a woman constable. Police said the arrested woman (28), a resident of Mohali, was reportedly in an inebriated condition. The incident came to light in the wee hours, when Chandigarh police control room received information about a foreign lady creating ruckus outside a hotel in Sector-22. A police team along with a woman constable, Anu, reached the spot and tried to pacify the situation.
While the cops were trying to handle the situation, the foreigner woman resisted and assaulted the woman constable. It was after sometime police staff managed to control the situation. Meanwhile the foreigner lady was taken to Government Multi Specialty Hospital (GMSH) Sector 16, where doctors confirmed presence of alcohol in the blood. Police sources claimed that the accused woman was also booked by Mohali police, for immoral trafficking in the year 2012.
A case under sections 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 332 (Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from performing duty) and 353 (Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) of IPC has been registered against the woman at Sector 17 police station. The accused was produced in the district court where the court sent her to judicial custody.