In yet another incident, two Delhi Police personnel posted with the Security Wing were thrashed by four people after they intervened in a quarrel between with a DTC driver and the accused. The incident took place in the high security lutyens’ zone on Wednesday evening. Police later registered a case and arrested the accused.
The incident took place around 6:30 pm near the Maulana Azad Road and Janpath intersection. An Indica car with four occupants hit the DTC bus. The DTC bus was ferrying passengers from Hazrat Nizamuddin to Jahangirpuri.
The bus driver did not stop and moved ahead. later the Indica car driver overtook the bus and kept on driving it in a zig-zag manner. The bus driver then signaled the Indica driver to stop. An argument broke out between them. The accused abused the bus driver and even thrashed him.
Sensing that things would turn ugly two police officials from the security wing who were also travelling in the bus intervened and tried to sort out the matter but were also thrashed by them.
The police were informed who rushed to the spot. The Delhi Police officers have been identified as Vivek and Sunil Kumar and the driver of the bus has been identified as Ram Kumar. On the complaint of Ram Kumar a case was registered.
“A case under appropriate Sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered at Tughlak Road police station. The accused have been identified as Punit, Deepesh, Pankaj, driver Prabhat and the Indica car has been seized by the police,” said Additional Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) SBS Tyagi.