According to local news sources, the volunteers also attacked the policeman when he managed to free himself from the volunteers clutches who was trying to drown him and came up.
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This incident comes just a few days after a policeman was beaten to death in Mumbai.
Dagale was on bandbast duty when the incident took place.
In a video that is being circulated on social media, Nitin Dogade, is seen being attacked in an immersion pond while he is struggling. When I asked them to leave, they picked up a quarrel and began abusing me. “One of the members jumped over the barricade, pushed Mr. Dagale into the lake, and even jumped in after him, after which he tried to drown Mr. Dagale”, said Additional Commissioner of Police Sharad Shelar, Kalyan region. All four have been arrested.
Shiv Sena chief, Uddhav Thackeray is to pay a visit to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis as attacks on police personnel continue to be on the rise. It was finally filed around six hours later only after the video went viral.
Uddhav, who was accompanied by industries minister Subhash Desai, transport minister Diwakar Raote and minister of state (home) Deepak Kesarkar, later told Mirror: “I demanded three things from the chief minister – safety of cops in the state, proper implementation of the law, and strict punishment for attackers”.
The incident occurred at Teesgaon lake, where Ganesh idol immersions were under way. After the case was registered, four teams were formed, and they nabbed the accused.
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All four have been booked by Kolsewadi Police station under sections 307 (attempt to murder), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty), 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions) read with 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention).
