A 25-year-old man has accused two Vasai Gaon police personnel of assaulting him after he refused to pay them a bribe for traffic violations. Gaurav Koli says they punched him in the face, because of which he has lost partial vision in the right eye and lost a tooth.

Koli, a student of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Delhi, told mid-day that the two officers stopped him for speeding and not wearing the seat belt. "I humbly accepted my mistake, and was ready to pay the fine as per the traffic rules. But, the officers demanded a bribe of Rs 25,000 which I refused to pay," he added.