Summary:
Police said all the suspects were residents of Meher Ali Lane in Entally They were booked under IPC sections 509 (molestation), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of his duty), 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty) and 34 (common intention). KOLKATA: Two constables of an all-woman police patrol team deployed to prevent harassment and molestation in Kolkata became victims of the crimes themselves. Realizing that other cops were alerted, the youths bit the constables and tried to flee.The team of constables then called officers of North Port police station who shortly rushed in and arrested the six. “The constable, who was alone at the time, protested and threatened to take him to the cops when, five youths, including four women, came to the spot and cornered her. She then called for backup,” an officer of the North Port police station said.Realizing that she was a cop, the group tried to flee..