Puttur: Two police constables  of Sampya police station are facing charges of allegedly chasing and thrashing a truck driver for not stopping his vehicle on September 14, Saturday at Kumbra.

The truck driver Mohammed Nazir from Haryana  was hospitalized. The accused constables are Harish and Dayanand. The truck was on way to the APMC to load arecanut when it was stopped by the cops. However, when the driver did not pay heed, the cops chased him intercepted the vehicle and attacked him and fled the place. Public gathered and condemned the act of the constables and demanded their suspension.

People even gathered outside the hospital. Puttur Block Congress President Hemanath Shetty condemned he incident and warned protest if the cops were not suspended.

MLA Shakuntala Shetty too condemned the incident and promised to talk to higher officials on the issue.