Overview
- The two constables, on patrol near Akashavani Layout around 3 a.m. Friday, confronted four men drinking in public before the group allegedly turned violent.
- The complaint says the men dragged the officers, tore their uniforms, punched and kicked them, and tried to strangle one constable, after which both sought medical care.
- The assailants allegedly grabbed a key from the police vehicle and fled in a car, and the officers said they could not note the registration number but could recognize the suspects.
- Police registered a case under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 121, 132, and 304 and detained two engineering students, while a search is underway for the other two men.
- The charges fall under India’s new criminal code that sets penalties for harming public servants and for snatching, underscoring the risks officers face during night patrols that enforce public drinking rules.