Angry over being challaned, three persons, including an auto-taxi driver union leader, allegedly thrashed a traffic police constable near New Delhi railway station, the police said on Thursday.
The incident took place on Tuesday night when traffic constable Satish Kumar was returning home in a DTC bus after duty. When the bus reached the New Delhi Railway station, three men boarded the bus. The constable told the police that, the union leader pointed towards him and said “he challaned our taxies, so we have to teach him a lesson”, a senior police officer said. The constable was then beaten by the trio, the officer said.