Two youths booked for bashing up cop in Mathura

MATHURA: Criminals in the district, it seems, are no longer scared of the police uniform. On Sunday morning, two youths allegedly attacked a policeman in the highway police station. The incident comes close on the heels of another incident when a mob attacked a police station in Goverdhan.
According to witnesses, the youth gave a sound thrashing to the policeman and tour his clothes.They also attempted to run him over with their car, they claimed. However, the cop managed to escape on his motorcycle, which was badly damaged.
Not satisfied with bashing up the policeman, the youths threw the papers from the table and threatened the cops present with dire consequences.
According to the thana police, inspector Saurabh Sharma intervened when he saw two persons identified as Satendra and Satish quarrelling at the Tarsi crossing on the Bharatpur-Mathura road. They, however, allegedly lashed out at the cop and abused the inspector and showered blows on while pushing him down from the motorcycle.
They tore his uniform and attempted to run him over by trying to crash their car on his motorcycle. Passersby helped the inspector to get up. The duo was caught and brought to the police station where they allegedly continued abusing the cops and misbehaving with everyone around.
The two men are said to be relatives of a former gram pradhan of Tarsi village. Senior police officials said the two are in custody and an FIR has been registered against them under sections 307 (Attempt to murder), 427 (Mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees), 323 ( Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 353 (Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) of the IPC.