India, June 10 -- The Haibowal police have arrested a husband and wife for allegedly assaulting a municipal corporation (MC) supervisor while he was overseeing sewerage and water pipeline work in Smart City Colony on Jassian Road.

The accused, identified as Rajesh Kumar and his wife Aju, residents of Smart City Colony, have been booked under Sections 115(2), 126(2) and 221 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) on the complaint of MC supervisor Tarun Khera.

According to Khera, the MC was laying government sewerage and water pipelines in the colony to replace the private infrastructure installed by the coloniser. The work was being carried out near Street No. 9 when the incident occurred.

Khera alleged that Aju began abusing workers engag...