New Delhi: An inebriated businessman was booked by the police for assaulting an on-duty police constable over a parking row at Mayur Vihar.
The injured police constable has been identified as Satya Narayan who was on duty along with Arun and Mann Singh. The police said that the incident took place on Sunday night around 8.30 pm, when the accused identified as Uma Shankar Gupta had parked his car right outside the Star City Mall in East Delhi’s Mayur Vihar Phase –1, which lead to a traffic jam.
Three policemen on duty noticed a commotion ahead around the mall where Uma Shankar’s car was parked right on the middle of the road.
The accused was busy quarreling with commuters who had taken an objection to his wrong parking and blocking of the road. Swinging into action, constable Narayan directed Gupta to move his car while the other two cops began manning the traffic.
An infuriated Gupta began creating a scene and warned the policemen on duty that he was the son of a retired cop and a lawyer himself. He also threatened to get Mr Narayan suspended if he forced him to move his vehicle.
When Mr Narayan refused to budge and reprimanded Gupta, the latter hurled a punch on the policeman’s face before thrashing him black and blue. Soon, the two other cops on duty rushed to Mr Narayan’s aid and arrested Gupta and booked him under various sections of the Indian Penal Code.
Further, during investigations the police learnt that Gupta was drunk at the time of incident and had made false claims of being a lawyer and the son of retired police official.
The accused businessman has been booked under Sections 186 (obstructing a public servant in discharge of public functions), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty).
