Traffic constable Minaj Khan, 34, isn't one to back down in the face of intimidation from unruly drivers; and she showed just that last week. On the evening of July 13, she was at Lokhandwala in Andheri carrying out routine vehicle and licence check, when she noticed an errant autorickshaw driver headed towards Infinity Mall, trying to evade the check by driving away in a hurry, so much so that he rammed into a parked motorbike.

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Acting swiftly, Khan stopped the autorickshaw and asked the driver, identified as Mohd Kalim, 39, to show his licence, which turned out to be expired. Khan then asked him to pay the fine so that she could issue a challan. Kalim, however, flashed his 'media' ID and threatened her, saying not to mistake him as a lowly auto driver, and that he belonged to the media.