Wife Molested in Picnic Constable beats up OC

A picnic organized by some policemen turned sour after an ugly scuffle between an OC and a constable at a park near Behrampore on Wednesday.

The superior officer, allegedly attracted by the beauty of his subordinate's wife, insisted on getting close to her and kept chasing her with a drink. This infuriated the constable who rained blows on his boss, ignoring warnings that he might be pulled up in office for his "misconduct". Both the OC and the constable were detained by the Behrampore police station after the constable's wife lodged a complaint. Later, both the cops were suspended.

The morning kicked off on a merry note for the police party at the Qasimbazar park, led by the Behrampore GRP officer-in-charge. After some time and several pegs, the OC called the constable aside. "You are lucky to have such a pretty wife. I am an OC but my wife isn't half as good-looking as yours," he is believed to have told the constable. The constable, in high spirits, took the comment in his stride and walked away. Both the policemen were accompanied by their wives and children.

The OC then walked up to the constable's wife. He insisted that she has a peg or two. "It's a chilly morning, you see. How can you go without a drink?" he asked the woman, accosting her at a corner of the park. Even as she tried to ward him off, the OC pulled her hand and even tugged at her saree, she alleged. She sprinted towards her husband with the inebriated OC still in her pursuit.

The enraged constable confronted his boss. "Stay away from my wife," he thundered. Unperturbed by the interception, the OC shot back that he would be pulled up for daring to challenge his superior. But the junior officer remained unflustered by the threat. He rather let loose a series of punches.

Locals rushed in to find the constable pinned to the ground by an aggressive OC. "I am the OC. So dare not touch me," he told the gathering. The Behrampore police station was informed and the cops took the fighting policemen away.

The policemen were detained after the constable's wife lodged a complaint, accusing the OC of molesting her. "We have received a complaint and the policemen have been detained. We shall also speak to the locals to find out what had happened," said Murshidabad SP Annappa E.