GREATER NOIDA: A man in his late twenties was arrested on Monday for allegedly slapping a traffic head constable and biting two of his fingers when he was stopped for driving on the wrong side of the road near Ghanta Chowk in

's Surajpur area.

The accused, Shailesh Kumar Sharma, is from Bulandshahr. Police said he stays in a rented accommodation in Noida's Bhangel area.

According to a complaint filed by the head constable, Kunwar Pal Singh, the incident occured around 9.40 am when he was on duty at Ghanta Chowk. "He came from Dadri side on a motorcycle, bearing registration number UP 13 AP 6239, and since there were barricades that prevented vehicles from moving towards Surajpur road, he took a wrong side turn that caused a traffic trail," said the head constable.

Singh said that he immediately walked up to Sharma and took out the key of his bike. "The accused got angry and grabbed my collar. He then slapped me and when I tried to resist, he bit the middle and index finger on my left hand," Singh added.

Meanwhile, the youth was caught by some bystanders and an another traffic constable who arrived after Singh asked for help. They later found that the accused man had no papers for his bike. "He neither had a driving license nor any other documents ,like registration certificate or insurance. He probably attacked me in order to escape police inquiry," said Singh.

The head constable then called the police and soon, a team from Surajpur police station reached the spot.

Muneesh Chauhan, the SHO of Surajpur police station said that the accused has been booked under IPC sections 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant on duty) and 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty).

"The accused is unemployed. He was produced before a magistrate on Monday and has been sent to jail," said Chauhan.