Parmesh S Jain
The High grounds police arrested a 36-year-old man who assaulted PSI and his colleague with a belt over a trivial row in Shivananda circle in the wee hours of Wednesday.
The accused has been identified as Sunil Ramachandra,resident of Vasanth Nagar was one among the crowd gathered outside richie-rich ice cream shop at Shivananda circle .
The PSI (probationary)Abhishek B,and his colleague Head constable Basavaraj Badiger were on night rounds noticed the crowd at around 1.10 am and was trying to disperse them.
The accused came out of the crowd pulled the belt from his waist and started to assault Abhishek hurling abuses at him.
He tried to duck the attack and began to run,but Sunil chased him and kept attacking him.Head constable Badiger with the help of others chased the accused and pinned him down.In the melee they also sustained injuries.
Abhishek alerted the control room seeking backup to arrest the accused.He was brought to the station charged with assaulting public servant while on duty and various other section and remanded him to judicial custody.
