Siblings violate traffic rule, attack cop

Hyderabad: A B.Tech student and her brother were today booked for allegedly assaulting a traffic police home guard at Nagaram area here after he clicked their photo of driving their two-wheeler down a one-way lane, police said.

The girl, identified as Harshita, and her brother Sai Kishore engaged in argument with the traffic home guard Venkatesh Yadav after he clicked them driving the two-wheeler on a wrong direction (one-way), Keesara police station inspector P Guruva Reddy told PTI.

“The girl and her brother argued with the traffic cop and allegedly assaulted him,” the inspector said, adding that the duo were not arrested.

They are booked under section 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) of IPC, Reddy said, adding that notices will be issued against them.