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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Petrol pump worker killed as SUV hits motorcycle head-on in Gurugram
Gurugram (PTI): A petrol pump worker died after an SUV rammed into his motorcycle in the Sushant Lok area here, police said on Thursday.
The accused driver fled the scene, leaving the vehicle after the accident. An FIR has been registered at the Sushant Lok police station, they said.
According to police, the accident occurred on Wednesday afternoon when Mukesh was travelling from Sector 44 to Sushant Lok on Vyapar Kendra Road for some work.
Near Vyapar Kendra, a white Thar coming from the wrong side at high speed hit his motorcycle head-on, leaving him critically injured, they said.
The driver fled the scene, leaving the vehicle behind, police added.
Eyewitnesses claimed the vehicle had no number plates either at the front or rear.
Locals took Mukesh to a private hospital, where he died during treatment, police said. He was a resident of Rohta Patti in Palwal and worked at a petrol pump in Sector 44.
An FIR was registered against the unidentified driver, based on a complaint lodged by his brother Ashok. The body was handed over to the family after a post-mortem on Thursday, police said.
“The Thar vehicle has been seized from the spot. CCTV footage from the area is being examined, and the driver will be arrested soon,” a Gurugram police spokesperson said.
