Patna, July 12: A youth, claiming to be the son of a Bihar MLA, abused and assaulted two traffic policemen at the crossing of Boring Road and Bailey Road, under the Kotwali police station.

The two men in uniform have been identified as probationary sub-inspector Manindra Singh and constable Ajay Kumar.

Around noon today, they stopped a white SUV that wanted to go to Bailey Road, at the crossing, as the road had been blocked in the wake of Vice-President Hamid Ansari’s visit to Patna.

When the policemen advised the youth driving the car to take a detour, he blew his top.

He insisted that he should be allowed to pass, as he was the son of an MLA.

When the cops stopped him, the furious youth alighted from the car and slapped the probationary sub- inspector.

“The two policemen stopped the car and asked the driver to take the road other motorists were using. The driver got angry and insisted that he should be allowed to go to Bailey Road. He claimed that he was the son of an MLA. When the policemen disagreed, the man got down from the vehicle and started to abuse the policemen. The altercation between them aggravated and the man slapped the probationary sub-inspector a number of times. Before the policemen could react, the man returned to his vehicle and drove away,” an officer at the Kotwali police station said. A source said the vehicle had got an emblem of a ruling party on it.

The police said they would investigate the matter.

Patna city superintendent of police Shivdeep Lande said: “The is a serious incident and we will probe the matter. The two policemen have been asked to lodge an FIR. We have the registration number of the car. It will be sent to the district transport officer. We will find out who the owner of the car is and the necessary action will be initiated.”

Sources said the registration number of the car was BR-04 G 8743.