To be fined for no mask, Sec 34 trader hits cop

Chandigarh: A 32-year-old man was arrested for allegedly assaulting a sub-inspector when she was challaning him for not wearing a mask in the market of Sector 34 on Friday night.
Asha Devi, the cop, was patrolling along with others to enforce Covid guidelines. When she reached near booth number 186, she found Vikrant Joshi allegedly sitting outside his shop without a mask.When she told him to pay the fine, he refused and started arguing. Asha Devi said as she tried to click his photo, the resident of Mohali’s Sector 68 damaged her mobile phone. When other cops intervened, the accused allegedly took out a pair of scissors from his shop and threatened to attack the cops and hit one of them. Asha Devi informed PCR and Sector 34 police station. More cops arrived and caught the accused.
He was booked under sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and 427 (mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees) of the IPC. A court remanded him in judicial custody.