Delhi couple sent to jail for misbehaving with cops, violating Covid norms

NEW DELHI: A couple who had allegedly misbehaved with policemen in central Delhi’s Daryaganj was sent to jail on Monday after a court dismissed their bail application.
The couple has been booked for offences under IPC pertaining to obstructing and attacking policemen apart from lockdown and mask violation offences under the DDMA Act.
The couple, identified as Pankaj and Abha from Patel Nagar, had got into a brawl with the police officers on Sunday after being flagged down for not following Covid-appropriate behaviour.
During interrogation, the couple blamed each other for their outbursts. The man claimed they had been fighting in the car as she refused to wear a mask or let him wear one. He swore to never repeat his act.
The woman has blamed the husband and said she was in a bad mood due to the fight and took it out on the policemen. The woman was arrested on Monday, while the man was arrested Sunday.
“An incident was reported from Dilli Gate, Daryaganj yesterday where a man and a woman in a car were moving during curfew hours and police personnel deployed on duty asked them to stop and get their movement pass checked. Not only could they not show any movement pass but neither of them was wearing any mask,” deputy commissioner of police (Central) Jasmeet Singh stated.
On being pointed out that they needed to wear masks as per government order, the woman and the man came out of the vehicle and challenged the policemen as to how they could dare to stop their car. They started misbehaving, hurling abuses and provoking the policemen on duty, police said in a statement.
“However, despite such aggressive and provocative behavior, the policemen remained patient. The two persons by violating the curfew order and Covid protocol, and moreover, by misbehaving with policemen on duty in the manner they did, created grounds for a criminal case to be registered against them,” the DCP added.
Delhi Police has appealed to citizens to not violate Covid guidelines and lawful directions. “Law breakers shall be firmly dealt with. The public is hereby requested to co-operate and obey the lawful directions of the police officials to prevent the spread of coronavirus pandemic,” PRO Chinmoy Biswal said.