TRS woman leader held for hitting traffic cop with footwear
Hyderabad, Jul 19: A local TRS woman leader was arrested for allegedly smacking a constable with her footwear for recording a traffic violation by her family members, police said Friday.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Moula Ali women joint action committee president and ward member Syed Mohmooda Begum was booked for beating Traffic Constable Mohd Mujaffer along with her husband and three members of her family on Thursday, according to a release.
The constable noticed three people riding a motorcycle and he recorded the traffic violation on a department-issued camera, it said.
The release said on seeing the constable record the violation, one of the riders of the two-wheeler abused Mujaffer and left.
Then after 15 minutes, they came with their family members Begum and her husband and slapped Mujaffer, the release said.
The woman hit the constable with her footwear for recording the incident while the four others thrashed him, it said.
She told the constable that she was the Moula Ali area division ward member and forcibly took away the department-issued camera, the release said, adding that they left after threatening him of dire consequences.
Based on a complaint by the constable, police registered case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty), and apprehended the accused.
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Gurupura: Bus-lorry collide near Bellibettu, drivers critically injured
6 Lakh in cash recovered during rescue operation
Bajpe: A private bus and a lorry collided head-on near Bellibettu bus stand on Wednesday, leaving both drivers seriously injured.
According to sources, the private bus was travelling from Mangaluru to Karkala and a lorry was heading towards Mangaluru.
The impact of the collision was severe, leaving the front portions of both the bus and the lorry completely crushed.
According to locals, the drivers of both vehicles were trapped inside the mangled vehicles and had to be rescued by cutting parts of the damaged vehicles using a gas cutter. Passengers travelling in the bus sustained minor injuries.
The injured drivers were shifted to a private hospital in the city for treatment. Personnel from the Bajpe police station visited the spot, conducted an inspection, and registered a case.
Meanwhile, it has been learnt that during the rescue operation, a local resident, Rafiq Gurupura, found around Rs 6 lakh in cash while cutting open parts of the bus.
The amount was subsequently handed over to the Bajpe police. The rescue operation was carried out by locals including Rafiq, Shivarama, Raoof, Fazil and others.
