Maharashtra crime: Army jawan held in Pune for attacking traffic cop over challan

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Maharashtra crime: An Indian Army jawan was arrested for allegedly attacking a traffic police official with a cement block and seriously injuring him over the issuance of a challan in Maharashtra's Pune city, an official said on Friday, reported the PTI.

According to the news agency, the traffic cop Ramesh Dhaware had in September fined Vaibhav Mangate, the army jawan for allegedly riding triple seat on a motorbike in the Budhwar Peth area, resulting in a heated exchange between the two, the official said.

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Mangate, who is in Pune on a temporary posting, held a grudge against Dhaware since then, he said, the PTI reported.

"Miffed over the issue, Mangate traced Dhaware and allegedly assaulted him in the head with a cement block on Wednesday evening," said an official from the Faraskhana police station, as per the PTI.

Dhaware sustained serious head injuries due to the attack. Mangate was then arrested, he said.

A case has been registered against Mangate under Indian Penal Code sections 307 (attempt to murder) and 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), the official added.

Meanwhile, in an another incident, an offence has been registered against six persons for allegedly manhandling a team of police personnel and preventing officials of a state-run power company from installing an electricity meter in Maharashtra's Thane city, an official said on Friday, according to the PTI.

Based on a complaint lodged by a constable, the police on Thursday registered a case under section 353 (assault or criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of his duty) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code for the incident that took place in the Bhayanderpada area, he said.

In compliance with a high court order on a writ petition, officials of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) had gone to the locality with a team of police personnel to install an electricity meter on the premises of a charitable trust, the official said.

When they were about to install the meter, around 10 to 15 people assembled at the spot and started verbally abusing the officials and police, he said.

As the police team tried to stop them from intervening, the accused allegedly manhandled them and did not allow the MSEDCL officials to install the meter, the official said, adding that no arrest has been made in this regard so far.

(with PTI inputs)