Man held for thrashing SDO, JE in Hamirpur

Our Correspondent

Hamirpur, February 25

The police today arrested the miscreant, who allegedly thrashed a Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) and a Junior Engineer (JE) of the Irrigation and Public Health (IPH) Department yesterday while they were supervising the work of laying sewerage in the town.

The accused, Deepkumar, reportedly objected to the laying of the sewerage on ‘his land’. Both officers received serious injuries and were admitted to a medical college and hospital. The IPH officials have demanded a case to be registered under Section 307 of the IPC. They said that they would not resume the work if the accused was not booked under the desired sections of the IPC.

SP Karthkeyan Gokalachandran said the police had registered a case. He added that the accused would be produced before court to obtain his custody. The accused had allegedly created hindrances in the government work and also thrashed government officials on duty.