Meerut, Oct 20(DC): A sub-inspector, accompanying a female lawyer friend to a restaurant, was thrashed by its owner Munish Kumar, who is also a BJP councillor from Meerut's ward no. 40 has, following altercation over delay in serving food.
The incident that took place on Friday was captured in camera and later went viral on social media.
According to reports, Sukhpal Singh Pawar, Mohiuddinpur police outpost in-charge, went to a restaurant owned by BJP councillor Munish Kumar for dinner on Friday in inebriated condition. He was accompanied by a female colleague, who is a city-based lawyer. The brawl initiated when the cop-lawyer duo started quarrelling with the staffers at the restaurant over delay in serving meals.
Owner Munish Kumar intervened and confronted the duo. The altercation turned murky after he thrashed and hurled abuses at SI Sukhpal who was eventually pinned on the ground.
BJP councillor Munish Kumar has been arrested under section 395 (punishment for dacoity) and 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of Indian Penal Code.