The Sewri cops have arrested a truck driver and cleaner for trying to run over a police team and trying to hit them with a bamboo stick. The cleaner also assaulted one of the cops. The police deployed in south Mumbai had tried to stop them for not wearing masks.

A source at Sewri police station told mid-day that Police Naik Vitthal More and his team were deployed at Forsberry Road in Sewri on March 1 at 7 am. “The policemen noticed a truck with a Gujarat registration number coming towards them at high speed. Its driver and cleaner were mask-less. More tried to stop the vehicle but instead of slowing down, the driver sped up and tried to run him and others over. However, the policemen managed to save themselves and chased the truck that headed towards LBS College,” a police officer said.