PUNE: A 25-year-old grocery store owner was on Monday evening arrested for abusing and attacking a traffic policeman after he took action against the accused for not wearing a seat belt at Mundhwa Chowk earlier in the day.
Sunny Shinde from Vadgaon Shinde in rural Pune was travelling in a car from Kharadi bypass to Keshavnagar at around 11am when the traffic police signalled him to stop as he was not wearing a seat belt.
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Frequent instances of manhandling of on-duty police personnel or other government officials reflect lack of fear about penal action among some people. The administration should send a stern message to rowdy elements by taking exemplary action against such offenders. The fear of law must be instilled in the minds of people to stop such nuisance.
Police naik Dayanand Gaikwad from Mundhwa traffic police told him to pay Rs200 as fine for not wearing a seat belt and asked him to furnish his driving license.
Gaikwad said, “Shinde claimed that wearing a seat belt was not mandatory and sought reasons for fining him. I informed Shinde that wearing a seat belt was compulsory, but he started a dispute with me and refused to pay the fine or furnish his license.”
He added, “I told him that he will be issued a receipt of the fine paid but he refused to listen. I then clicked a photo of the car and told him to pay the fine online via the traffic police app, but he got agitated and abused me. In a fit of rage, he also slapped me and misbehaved with me saying that he would teach me a lesson. I then alerted the city police control room and a team from Mundhwa police station took him into custody.”
Sub-inspector Shivaji Kate from Mundhwa police station said, “On the basis of the FIR registered by Gaikwad, we arrested Shinde under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code,” adding , “A charge sheet will be filed against him on completion of investigations.”
A woman constable accused six persons of attacking her and two others during a drive against illegal parking of vehicles on a road on the afternoon of January 6.