<p>The police arrested a man for assaulting a traffic constable attached to the Vijayanagar traffic police station near Modi Road bridge in Basveshwararnagar on Tuesday evening.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The accused has been identified as Ranganath (26), a resident of Gayathrinagar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was arrested immediately after he assaulted constable K B Shashi Kumar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to the police, Shashi Kumar and a home guard Mahesh were managing traffic near the Chord Road around 7.30 pm when a minor accident involving a BMTC bus and an autorickshaw caused a traffic jam. Shashi Kumar rushed to the spot to clear the traffic when Ranganath, who was riding a two-wheeler, and other motorists started complaining that the police were not clearing the traffic jam.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When the policeman shouted at them saying he was doing his job, Ranganath and others started abusing Shashi Kumar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Heated arguments ensued after which Ranganath assaulted Kumar and Mahesh and a few others too joined in. Shashi Kumar informed about the attack on the wireless and caught hold of Ranganath while the others fled.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Basaveshwaranagar police rushed to the spot and took Ranganath to the police station.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The police registered a case, arrested him and produced him before a magistrate who remanded him in judicial custody.</p>
<p>The police arrested a man for assaulting a traffic constable attached to the Vijayanagar traffic police station near Modi Road bridge in Basveshwararnagar on Tuesday evening.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The accused has been identified as Ranganath (26), a resident of Gayathrinagar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was arrested immediately after he assaulted constable K B Shashi Kumar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to the police, Shashi Kumar and a home guard Mahesh were managing traffic near the Chord Road around 7.30 pm when a minor accident involving a BMTC bus and an autorickshaw caused a traffic jam. Shashi Kumar rushed to the spot to clear the traffic when Ranganath, who was riding a two-wheeler, and other motorists started complaining that the police were not clearing the traffic jam.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When the policeman shouted at them saying he was doing his job, Ranganath and others started abusing Shashi Kumar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Heated arguments ensued after which Ranganath assaulted Kumar and Mahesh and a few others too joined in. Shashi Kumar informed about the attack on the wireless and caught hold of Ranganath while the others fled.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Basaveshwaranagar police rushed to the spot and took Ranganath to the police station.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The police registered a case, arrested him and produced him before a magistrate who remanded him in judicial custody.</p>