Silvester D’Souza
Daijiworld Media Network – Kundapur
Kundapur, Aug 8: A bike rider was asked to stop his vehicle after it was noticed on a triple ride, although the riders did not stop and in turn the police chased and intervened the bike.
On questioning the reason for the triple ride, the bike riders reportedly attacked the police officials and the police counter attacked the group. Both the groups are said to be injured and are admitted to hospital.
The incident happened on Wednsday, August 7
Traffic police Manjunath T, hailing from Chitradurga was deployed recently at Parijatha circle here. Being new on the job, he had faced problems in language fluency.
As per the information obtained, around 7 pm, when Chethan, Ranjith and Naveen were triple riding on a bike, Manjunath asked them to stop. But the riders refused to halt and continued onward. Meanwhile, the police chased them on another bike and questioned them.
The police interrogation added more confusion to the situation which ended up in a fight. Out of the three riders, one escaped from the spot while Chethan and Ranjith were taken to Chinmaya hospital.
Manjunath too visited the hospital and questioned them which resulted in further fighting. Police sources said that they lost a walky-talky during the incident.
Speaking to the media, the riders claimed that the police used abusive language during their interaction. "We attacked them when they spoke ill about our parents," said one of the rider.