LUCKNOW: A woman travelling in a car with her two fellow teachers alleged on Sunday that a man, who introduced himself to be in police department, hurled choicest of abuses at them, held them captive in their car and banged it in a threatening way in Gudamba on Saturday after their car brushed against his vehicle.
Police registered cross FIRs in the incident and officials are probing the exact sequence of events.
Police officials said three women teachers were going to a club on Kursi road when their driver inadvertently brushed their car against the car of the policeman.
The woman said in her complaint that the man forcibly stopped their car.
“He lost his cool and started beating the car’s bonnet with a stick. He demanded Rs 5,000 compensation from us. He then called his men who surrounded our car and started beating the doors and bonnet,” the complainant added.
“Our driver Jagdish locked the car to save us as the man was very abusive and kept abusing us all through. He would have assaulted us if our driver had opened the door on being intimidated,” she said.
“I cannot even write the abuses he hurled at us even though his car did not suffer any damage. I will never forget the incident in my life,” she added.
Later, police lodged a cross FIR in the case when inspector Ramesh Chand Yadav filed a complaint saying a woman teacher’s car hit his SUV and her driver tried to run him over when he sought an explanation.
“She called up someone and soon some men carrying pistols reached the spot. They tried to attack me, but I ran away to save myself,” he said.
“She threatened to lodge a case of eve teasing against me,” Yadav claimed.
ADCP, North, Prachi Singh said an FIR was registered against an unidentified man on charges of sexual harassment and rash driving while the inspector lodged a case of rioting, rioting with deadly weapons and attempt to murder.
“The case is under investigation. We are yet to record the statements of both the complainants,” she added.
