Driver held for running over traffic cop

After crashing through it and realising he had injured a cop, the tempo driver apparently panicked and tried to speed away, unaware that the Namazis had congregated on the street ahead. In the process, the vehicle reportedly hit another makeshift barricade and the deafening noise made the Namazis occupying that end of the street move off just in time.

Eventually, some men managed to climb onto the vehicle and bring it to a halt, following which the angry mob roughed up the driver and set the tempo on fire. It reportedly took the Imam8217;s intervention and the reinforcement of police personnel from adjoining areas for the crowd to calm down and resume their interrupted prayers.

Arun Kumar, who is said to have sustained serious head injuries, is presently under medical observation at the Jai Prakash Narain hospital.