Drunk Kerala Police officer held after hitting two-wheeler

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 4 (IANS) A Kerala Police officer has been arrested after hitting a two-wheeler in Kerala's Trissur. The officer was found in an inebriated state.The incident occurred late Monday night, when ASI Prasanth was returning to his police camp after attending a party.At Kammara, the car which Prasanth was driving, hit a two-wheeler seriously injuring the two riders. Onlookers were aghast when the car did not stop and sped away.But after driving one kilometre, the car came to a halt after its tyre went flat. Soon the locals gathered and found the people in the car in a drunken state, and called the police.Later it was known that Prasanth was an ASI attached to the police camp in Malappurram.A furore broke out and finally the police team decided to register a case against Prasanth for drunken driving and his arrest was recorded.Incidentally this incident came hours after a Kerala Police official was seen kicking a passenger who did not have a Sleeper class ticket to travel in the reservation compartment at Kannur. The video went viral and the official was suspended.Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan called a meeting of high-ranking officials and gave them a dressing down. But, hours after this meeting, the Trissur incident took place.
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