Two government servants became victims of road rage in two separate incidents that took place on Tuesday and Wednesday.
In the first incident was reported from Powai on Tuesday morning when a BEST bus driver was allegedly assaulted by a biker and suffered injuries to his head.
The complainant, Mangesh Shetye, 25, was plying on route number 489 when the accused reportedly overtook the bus and intercepted it near the IIT bus stop at Powai.
The accused, Yogesh Khatri, stopped his scooter in front of the bus and started abusing Shetye. When the driver alighted from the bus to request Khatri to give way, a heated argument took place between the two, which eventually turned violent.
According to Shetye’s statement to the police, Khatri broke the bus’s front signal bar and hit him on the head with it.
Shetye approached the Powai police and registered a complaint against Khatri, who has been booked and arrested under several sections including those pertaining to deterring a government servant from discharging his duties and assault or use of criminal force on a public servant.
Khatri, who was being accompanied by his wife Varsha, 29, also approached the Powai police and registered a complaint against Shetye alleging that he was driving in a rash and negligent manner.
Varsha told the police that it was Shetye who hit Khatri with the signal bar and abused them. The police have registered a cross complaint and are investigating the case.
In another face-off that took place at Andheri on Wednesday, the MIDC police arrested two businessmen who allegedly assaulted a
traffic police constable after an argument over traffic jam at the spot.
According to the police, constable Ajit Pawar was manning the traffic at Pump House road when, at around 12.30pm, a tempo stalled in the middle of the road, which led to a traffic jam.
The road is a heavy traffic zone and Pawar asked the Andheri traffic chowky for a towing van.
Senior police inspector Deepak Bagwe of the MIDC police station said, “The accused, brothers Mahesh and Yogesh Jhunjhunwala, got out of their Wagon R car and approached Pawar. They asked him why he hadn’t fined the tempo driver and why he couldn’t manage the traffic. Pawar told them that he had called for a towing van, but duo kept arguing with him, and later pushed him around.”
Pawar informed the MIDC police and a police team was rushed to the spot which nabbed the two. They have been booked for assault of public servant and deterring a public servant from discharging his duties.
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