The Nedumangad Police on Friday arrested a man on charges of assaulting a home guard on traffic duty on the road next to the District Hospital at Nedumangad. The accused was identified as Shadar (64) of Pazhakutti. The complainant is Satheesh Kumar, a home guard attached to the traffic wing of the Nedumangad police station.
According to the complaint, Shadar had assaulted him after the latter pasted a warning sticker on his car which, allegedly, was parked outside a bank impeding traffic movement.