Police in Patna have disclosed the arrest of a 22-year-old man following a confrontation with a women’s patrol team on September 30. PTI’s account, published by The Times of India on October 2, cited a police statement issued the previous evening. Officers said a case had been registered and efforts to find two other men were continuing.
According to the police account, the team stopped three men in the Ramkrishna Nagar police-station area because their activity appeared suspicious. Police allege that one of them, Pradeep Kumar, misbehaved with and physically confronted personnel before the group fled. IANS reported on October 2 that investigators used CCTV footage and local information to identify him.
NDTV’s October 2 report described footage showing an officer slapping the man before he hit her back. The footage account adds context to the police allegation. The arrest does not establish guilt, and the reviewed reports contain no court finding resolving responsibility for the confrontation. The original incident was on September 30; the current development is the police disclosure of the arrest and continuing search.