Ludhiana, April 18 -- A city-based parking contractor was arrested and later granted bail for allegedly assaulting workers, overcharging vendors and threatening a Punjab Mandi Board official at a local vegetable market, police said on Friday.

According to police, the case was registered on the complaint of Harinder Singh Gill, secretary of the Market Committee under the Punjab Mandi Board, against Syed Raza Hussain, alias Raju, a resident of Bhora Colony near Jalandhar Bypass.

Police said an FIR has been lodged under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including charges of voluntarily causing hurt, assault or use of criminal force to deter a public servant from discharging his duties, obstruction of a public servant,...