(Eds: Updating)Kanyakumari (TN), Nov 25 (PTI) A speeding biker wasseriously injured when a traffic constable here struck himwith a lathi while trying to stop him for not wearing ahelmet, an incident whose CCTV footage has gone viral.
The constable has been suspended, pending inquiry.
Rakesh, 25, who suffered a deep cut on his forehead, wastreated at a government hospital.
Police said Rakesh, who was riding the bike with hisfriend in the pillion, tried to speed away on his two wheelerwhen asked to stop during a routine drive against riders notwearing helmets in Kallupalam area on Thursday.
Enraged locals gathered at the spot and began to roughup the constable before he was rescued by his colleagues andsome members of the public.
The incident, which was captured on a CCTV camerainstalled nearby, went viral on local TV channels. PTI COR SSNROH APR TVS ASKASK.
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