According to the police, traffic police constable Vilas Shinde (50) from Bandra traffic division was discharging his duty at a petrol pump when he spotted a biker without helmet approaching the petrol pump.
The traffic police constable who was allegedly attacked with a wooden plank by a juvenile after the constable asked for vehicle documents at a petrol pump, is in a critical condition and is under coma. The incident occurred in Khar on Tuesday and the juvenile was nabbed by the police in the late hours on the same day.
According to the police, traffic police constable Vilas Shinde (50) from Bandra traffic division was discharging his duty at a petrol pump when he spotted a biker without helmet approaching the petrol pump. The said biker indulged in a verbal argument with Shinde when he was asked to produce vehicle documents and license. The biker then phoned his friend who arrived at the spot within minutes and joined him in the argument.
"The biker then banged a wooden plank on Shinde's head, after which, both fled the place, while Shinde was rushed to Lilavati hospital by his colleagues. Later on Tuesday night we detained the biker and since he was a juvenile, he has been sent to children home. The biker has been booked on charges of attempt to commit murder," said senior police inspector Ramchandra Jadhav of Khar police station.
Ravi Shinde, president of Mumbai Petrol Dealers Association, said, "I demand rigorous imprisonment for whosoever involved in the crime. The traffic rules which were implemented by the Mumbai police is always in the public interest if people show such arrogance, then it will not be accepted. We will always stand with the police, and, in future we will make assure that this type of incident is not repeated."
"Once the exact age of the juvenile involved in Khar traffic constable attempt to murder case is ascertained, we would examine if he falls under the purview of newly amended Juvenile Justice law," Deven Bharti, joint commissioner of police, law and order, told dna.
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