Vendor chops off Thane assistant municipal commissioner’s fingers

Kalpita Pimple after the surgery to reattach her fingers. She was asking illegal hawkers in Kasarvadavali to clear the area when she was attacked

Thane assistant municipal commissioner (AMC) was attacked while she was on duty on Monday. Kalpita Pimple, accompanied by her bodyguard, had gone to Kasarvadavali to act against illegal hawkers when one of them struck her with a sharp weapon. She lost two of her fingers. Police have nabbed the accused, identified as Amarjit Yadav.

During a patrol around 6.30 pm, Pimple asked hawkers on the roadside to clear the area when Yadav started arguing with her, police said. Yadav told her that she should not take action against him, as he had not been able to make a living since the lockdown. Pimple said he cannot use it as an excuse to illegally set up stalls, and instructed civic officials to remove his belongings.

Amarjit Yadav, the man who attacked Pimple, with a saffron cloth wrapped on his head

Enraged, Yadav attacked Pimple with a sharp weapon, and as she tried to protect herself, two fingers on her left hand got severed. Her bodyguard ran to save her, but was also attacked and lost one of his fingers. When police on the spot tried to nab Yadav, he put the weapon on his throat, threatening to kill himself. Police somehow managed to take him into custody.

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Pimple and her bodyguard underwent a surgery at Jupiter Hospital to reattach their fingers. The AMC has sustained injuries to her head and both hands as well. Kasarvadavali police have arrested Yadav and they are in the process of registering an FIR.