Karwar: Four persons have been charged for assaulting a sub-inspector on duty at City Police Station here on Tuesday.
The case has been registered against Balakrishna Bikerikar, Sandesh, Manjunath and Santosh for assaulting sub-inspector Kusumadhar K.
The incident took place while the four were driving their car in a haphazard manner near deputy commissioner’s office on Tuesday night, when the sub-inspector stopped them and asked for driving license. “All four of them attacked me suddenly and caught hold of collar,” said the police officer, who has sustained injuries on his hand. A case of preventing government officer performing his duty and assaulting him has been filed by Kusumadhar.