Man booked for disrupting civic official during election work
Mumbai, Dec. 29 -- A Vile Parle resident was booked for disrupting the work of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials deployed on election-related surveillance duty near Milan Subway early on Sunday.
According to the Vile Parle police, the complaint was filed by Suresh Janu Rathod, 37, a Kalyan resident and leader of a Static Surveillance Team appointed by the Election Commission for the upcoming civic polls.
Rathod told the police that he, a videographer and two police officers were assigned to the K/East ward (Andheri East), and reported for duty at Milan Subway around 8 pm on Saturday. In the early hours of Sunday, the team was inspecting vehicles when they stopped a white Maruti Suzuki Swift operating as a taxi. Panchal was recording the inspection as part of official procedure when a male passenger sitting in the rear seat questioned why the inspection was being filmed.
When Panchal explained that they were working for the EC, the passenger allegedly struck up an argument and manhandled him. He also allegedly pushed Rathod, stopped him from carrying out the election-related duties, and verbally abused Panchal, and threatened him, saying, "I'll see you later."
The man identified himself as Iftikhar Mohammed Ahmed. Rathod then approached the police to file a complaint....
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