A Police constable who tried to intervene when he saw a group of three people consuming alcohol openly on Wednesday night was attacked by them with a broken beer bottle. The police arrested one of the accused, but the others managed to escape. According to the Kothrud Police, Constable Nilesh Vinayak Gurav was attacked late in the night by Amol Gaikwad (24), Mahadev Lokhande and Rohit Sonavane. Gaikwad was the one who was arrested, while Lokhande and Sonavane were absconding.

Gurav sustained injuries on his elbow and shoulder and was taken to hospital. According to Gurav's complaint, the incident took place when he was on night patrolling duty along with Constable M D Shaikh. Gurav said at 11.30 pm they spotted a Tavera car parked near a dumping ground at the corner of Shastri Nagar road.