Two men who beat and kicked a female police officer after she refused their advances while she was liming at a bar in Penal were arrested yesterday. Investigators said around 1.30 am, WPC Harridass, who is assigned to the Penal Police Station, was liming at Shooting Gallery Sports Bar at the SS Erin Road when she was approached by two men. One of the men allegedly grabbed Harridass's T-shirt but she pushed him away. His accomplice then tore off Harridass's shirt and grabbed her. She resisted, following which the men threw her to the ground and kicked her several times in the abdomen.
Harridass made a report and officers led by Sgt Ramdeen arrested the two men, ages 25 and 27, of SS Erin Road, Penal. They were charged for indecent assault, assault by beating and malicious damage. Harridass was medically examined. The men will appear before a Siparia magistrate today to answer the charges.