Armed Reserve police constable arrested for assault in Madurai
According to police, Lakshmanan, an alcoholic, returned to duty in May after being suspended for assaulting a Sub-Inspector of Police.
On Wednesday, he used abusive language against a woman. When her husband questioned him, the constable attacked him, causing bleeding injuries.
Keeraithurai police arrested him on charges of using abusive language, assault, criminal intimidation, and under the provisions of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Woman Act.
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