Bengaluru

23 September 2019 00:31 IST

They claim he provoked policeman and instigated fight before recording clip

The Halasuru police have filed a case against a goods vehicle driver, although a video on social media showed him being assaulted by a traffic head constable for allegedly violating traffic rules on N.R. Road on Friday.

The video, recorded by the driver, Sunil, shows head constable Halaswamy assaulting him.

The police, however, claim that it was Sunil who instigated the showdown and assaulted the head constable first.

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The driver has been booked under Section 504 (Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), Section 323 (assault) and Section 353 (assault on public servant) of the Indian Penal Code.

When the video went viral on social media, Halaswamy filed a complaint with the police accusing Sunil of abusing and assaulting him when he objected to him driving in the wrong direction on a one-way road and blocking vehicles.

The police are now on the lookout for Sunil. “According to the head constable, the accused abused and assaulted the policeman on duty, before recording the video. This was done to provoke the policeman and portray him in bad light,” said a senior police official.

“This was evident on Saturday where a car driver spread a rumour that the driver of a towing vehicle who had seized his vehicle was inebriated,” the official added.

In the end, additional police had to be deployed to contain the crowd that gathered seeking action against the driver. Three policemen were injured in the melee and the crowd disappeared after the traffic police performed an alcometer test on the driver, which turned out to be negative .