Delhi HC seeks report on brawl between tempo drivers, police

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Union Home Ministry and the city police to file a report, within a week, on Sunday’s incident in the capital’s Mukherjee Nagar area where a road accident led to a clash between two tempo drivers and police personnel.
A division bench of Justice Jayant Nath and Justice Najmi Waziri listed the matter for July 2 for further hearing after taking up the pleas seeking compensation to the victims of the incident and a court-monitored investigation in the incident.
While one petition has been filed by Seema Singhal through advocates Sangeeta Bharti and Rubinder Ghumman, the other was filed by businessman Manjeet Singh Chugh.
The court pulled up the Delhi Police over the incident even as it said that the case has been transferred to the Crime Branch.
A minor incident of road rage turned into a major clash, when police, both uniformed and plainclothes personnel allegedly assaulted auto-driver Sarabjeet Singh, who threatened them with his ‘kirpan’, and his minor son.
The incident, which reportedly took place in the middle of a busy road, was also recorded on CCTV.