Stopped from harassing woman, drunk revellers attack police

Drunk revellers in northwest Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar area attacked policemen who stopped them from harassing a woman on New Year's eve, leaving four personnel injured, police said today.

The incident took place around midnight. A group of men tried to pull down the woman from a bike and harass her.

The accused are suspected to be students preparing for entrance exams and putting up in PGs or hostels in Mukherjee Nagar area.

The policemen posted there stopped the accused, who were allegedly in an inebriated state, from misbehaving with the woman, but were attacked instead.

There were also other students around who vandalised a police vehicle and even tried to break barricades, police said.
 

In the scuffle, assistant sub-inspector Prakash suffered head injuries, while three other policemen were also injured, they said.

With reinforcements called in, the situation was brought under control in under an hour.

A case under relevent sections of the IPC for destroying public property, attacking a government servant and outraging the modesty of a woman has been registered against unknown persons. Police is scanning the CCTV footage to identify the accused.