Thane: The last time fingers, this time will cut neck, says hawker

THANE: Months after three fingers of an assistant municipal commissioner were chopped by a hawker, police booked another hawker from Patlipada who threatened to slit the throat of the anti-encroachment staff on duty.
The police said, quoting a complaint by the clerk with the ward office of the TMC, that the incident occurred on October 18 in the evening as the TMC staff were evicting hawkers from the streets.
The accused had put up a stall and the team members objected to it and wanted him to remove the stall. The accused instead wielded a knife and said, “We have chopped off the finger of your officer, now we will chop of your neck.”
The staff member also said that it was after a discussion on the matter with seniors in the TMC, he had filed the complaint against the hawker, the police said.
In an earlier incident on August 30, a hawker, Amarjeet Yadav, brandishing a knife attacked assistant municipal commissioner, Kalpita Pimpale, and her security guard.
The accused chopped off three of her fingers over the issue of evicting hawkers from Kasarwadavali. Yadav was arrested.