The Bellandur police have arrested a businessman for assaulting a traffic constable with a baseball bat after the latter caught him for driving on a one-way and talking on his mobile phone on Sarjapur Road recently. He was arrested on Saturday.
The accused, Dinesh, 30, from Rajasthan, who owns a furniture shop in the city, was with his family when he was stopped by Constable Bheemashankar. The constable began to write a notice for violations. Enraged, Dinesh allegedly got down from the car, pulled out a baseball bat and attacked Bheemashankar, while shouting, ‘How dare you stop my car and slap a fine’.
Passers-by rushed to Bheemashankar’s aid, and took Dinesh to task for attacking a policeman on duty. However, he drove off.
Bheemashankar filed a complaint with the Bellandur police who, on Saturday, tracked Dinesh down and arrested him on charges of assaulting a government servant while on duty, criminal intimidation and also booked him for various traffic violations.
