Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru (RJP)
Bengaluru, Jan 20: A student from Congo allegedly assaulted two police constables and tore the uniform of one of them after she and her friend had argument with the police personnel for speed driving.
The incident took place at HBR Layout in Banaswadi here on Monday but came to light only on Friday.
As per details available, Kilambo Nzeba (24) and Kalau Mujinga (22), undergraduate students at a city college, were driving in a rash and negligent manner behind Forest Road around 4.30 pm on Monday. Police constables Anand Shirola and Basavaraj Tonape set out on a motorbike in search of the students after they received alert from the police control room.
The constables saw the speeding car and tried to stop it. But Mujinga, who was driving the car lost control of the vehicle and crashed it into the police motorbike. The policemen confronted the students and asked them to get off the car.
The students who came out from the car got into an argument with the policemen. At this moment, the girl roughed up Shirola and tore his uniform. The policemen alerted the Hoysala patrol team which rushed to the spot and detained both the students.
The Congolese students were booked for rash and negligent driving, and for assaulting a public servant.
The court later sent them into judicial custody. Shirola and Tonape are recovering at a hospital, the officer added.