Cops come to blows on road

The quarrel reached a flashpoint when Bhojraj allegedly took out his shoes to attack Kamal Singh Thakur who also lost his cool and started beating Singh in full view of the passers-by till Bhojraj was badly injured.

When the news about the two traffic inspectors clash reached the Kotwali Police Station, about half a furlong away from the scene of the incident, a police team rushed to the rescue of the injured police officer and took him to a hospital. However, neither of the officers has lodged a complaint about the incident, police sourcesrevealed.

Thakur later told the reporters that when he was going to the Kotwali Police Station, Bhojraj stopped him in the middle of the road and abused him. He added that even on earlier occasions Bhojraj8217;s conduct towards him was unbecoming of a police officer, as every time they met, Bhojaraj would spit in his direction and many a times he had brandished shoes to him.

Thakur said he had told Bhojraj to behave like a police officer, but he refused to pay heed. Today8217;s provocation was beyond his endurance and he could not help thrashing him up, Thakur said.

Thakur said, since the last few months, Bhojraj had been behaving very weird and badly needs psychiatric treatment. Thakur said he was aware of Bhojraj8217;s disturbed state of mind, but he had no option but to retaliate when Bhojraj displayed his shoes to him in public.

Additional Superintendent of Police also corroborated Thakur8217;s statement saying Bhojraj Singh was suffering from some mental problem and was undergoing treatment. Neither Thakur norBhojraj was drunk at the time of the the incident, he added.

Though, the police department is playing down the the 8220;public brawl8221; between the two officers highlighting the 8220;mental problem8221; factor, ego problems and personality clashes among some officers in the traffic department for plum posts is believed to be the main reason behind the simmering discontent.

GIRL KIDNAPPED: A young girl was allegedly kidnapped by some youth in front of her college when she came to appear for her B Com Part-I paper on Wednesday.

According to police sources, the Tata Sumo vehicle used in the abduction of the girl was later traced in Nagpur, but they couldn8217;t find the whereabouts of the girl.

The matter came to light when the kidnapped girl8217;s brother hailing from Mova locality here went to the college in Devendranagar to escort his sister back home. The city has witnessed a spurt in the incidents of young girls disappearing in the last two months. In earlier cases of kidnapping, at least six girls stillremain untraced.