(Anti-clockwise from top) The footage shows the cop, identified as Nitin Degale, lift a Ganesh idol for immersion. He is soon approached by four men, who following an argument, push the official into the pond, and then try to drown him

The atrocities against police officers while discharging duties seem to be on the rise suddenly. Just a few days after traffic constable Vilas Shinde’s demise to an assault by two Khar boys, another shocking incident surfaced in Kalyan where a 38-year-old police sub-inspector was almost drowned in a pond by four youth, who he reportedly asked to move away while Ganpati immersion was underway.