Traffic cop hit, 2 bikers booked for murder bid

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 25

Two motorcycle-borne youths were booked for attempt to murder after they hit a traffic police constable when he stopped the duo for driving on a cycle track in Sector 46 here on Friday.

The complainant, Constable Rajesh Kumar, alleged that two unknown persons on a motorcycle were coming from the Sector 32/33-45/46 roundabout on a cycle track on the Sector 46 side and hit him. Rajesh got injured and was admitted to the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32.

A case under Sections 307 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code was registered at the Sector 34 police station. Investigation in the case was in progress, said the police.

On September 22, a constable was reportedly dragged for around 500 metres on the bonnet of a car after the driver was asked to show documents. The incident had left the constable, Deepak Kumar, seriously injured.