Tech student held for attacking a traffic policeman on duty

Hyderabad: The Keesara police arrested 19-year-old BTech student T. Harshita for attacking a traffic policeman on duty. The police booked a case against her for allegedly assaulting the cop on Tuesday.

“We have arrested her and send her to judicial custody for 14 days. We acted as per the complaint of the traffic home guard who was attacked,” said inspector P. Guruva Reddy.

The police charged Harshita under Section 353 (assault or criminal force to deter a public servant from discharging his duty) and for damaging public property. Cops said Harshita had damaged the camera of the cop.  

On Tuesday, the engineering student, who was driving her bike on the wrong side, attacked home guard P. Venkatesh Yadav when he clicked a photo of her bike to issue a fine challan.

Harshitha, a BTech first year student at a private engineering college in Ghatkesar came to him and asked him to delete the pictures.

When he refused, she caught hold of him by the collar, slapped him on the cheek and then smashed his camera to the ground, cops said.

Harshitha was driving her bike along with her friend Saikishore from Dammaiguda to Nagaram. They were on the wrong side of the road.

When they reached the Dammaiguda T junction on the outskirts of Nagaram village, home guard Venkatesh Yadav saw them and clicked pictures of their bike.

Venkatesh is working at the Malkajgiri traffic police station. Harshitha and Saikishore saw this, came to him and picked up an argument with Venkatesh.

“During the argument she grabbed his collar and started slapping him on the cheek. She also snatched the camera from him and smashed it on the ground,” the inspector said.

The police is checking whether the girl had anger issues and why she got provoked suddenly.