Mangaluru, October 13: Barke police here arrested two men on Monday October 12th, on the charges of assault on a police constable who had questioned them for driving a car haphazardly after getting drunk on M G Road here on Sunday October 11th.
Vivekananda Paul (38) from Urva in the city, and Kishore (38) from Bajpe are the arrested.
On Sunday, when a police van was carrying some persons to be produced before a judge at around 4.30 pm, the police in this van saw a car was moving in a zigzag way in front of their vehicle. Immediately, they passed on this information to the police control room.
When the Barke police intercepted the said car near Besant Circle, both Vivekananda and Kishore, engaged in verbal argument with police constable, Pradeep, and then assaulted him while on duty, it is said.
It is said, in the past, Vivekananda had worked a software professional, but is unemployed at present. Kishore worked for a medical equipment firm. The duos were produced before the court, and were later remanded to judicial custody.
