Mumbai crime: Caught drink driving, MBA student bites off cop's finger

In a show of brazenness that has shaken up the police department one of two MBA students caught for drink driving slapped a policeman while the other bit off a part of the little finger of a constable who came to his colleaguersquos rescueConstable Chaugule asked the duo why they had been drinking and driving Ashvinkumar Singh dared the constable to do something about it and and then slapped him IllustrationsAmit BandreSince the cops couldnrsquot find the bittenoff portion of the little finger for nearly three hours it could not be reattached and the constable will have to live without onethird of his finger for lifeAround 1 am on Sunday a team of five constables from the Borivli police had set up a roadblock nakabandi on the Rajendra Nagar Bridge rail over bridge in Sumer Nagar ldquoAt 250 am we spotted two men on an Activa which was being ridden in a rash and negligent manner The men were also making a lot of noise When we stopped them at the nakabandi we noticed that both of them were reeking of alcoholrdquo said Suresh Chaugule one of the constables present for the nakabandiWhile Gite was rushed to the hospital the other cops began looking for the missing portion of his finger It was found nearly three hours later under the seat in a corner of the police vanViolations galoreThe men identified themselves as Ashvinkumar Ramnath Singh 29 and Abhishekh Jitendra Pandey 27 They had come to Mumbai from Delhi for their MBA and were staying in CharkopThe policemen asked Pandey who was riding the scooter for a driving licence and papers but they did not have anything Pandey was not even wearing a helmet The cops then decided to take the students to the police station charge them for drink driving and let them go in the morning ldquoWhen we escorted them to the police van where they were supposed to wait they were not even able to stand properly I asked them why they were riding the scooter when they were drunk and one of them said lsquoDaru piya to tu kar kya legarsquo Yes we have consumed alcohol What can you do about itrdquo said ChauguleSingh than slapped Chaugule hard prompting the other four constables to rush to the van to save him Constable Deepak Gite was standing closest to Pandey and the latter immediately caught hold of Gitersquos left hand and bit his little finger No one could understand what was happening and a huge amount of blood began flowing from Gitersquos handFinger huntGite was rushed to Shatabdi Hospital in Kandivli while Singh and Pandey were taken to the Borivli police station Doctors at the hospital asked the cops to take Gite to another hospital since onethird of his finger was missing When the constable was taken to the Lifeline Hospital in Malad the doctors asked the cops for the portion that had been bitten offThe other constables rushed to Chaugulersquos side and the scooterrsquos driver Abhishekh Pandey bit the finger of another constable Deepak GiteldquoWe searched the whole area where he had been bitten and even looked inside the police van We finally found the missing portion of the finger in a corner of the van under the seat around 6 amrdquo said a policeman from the team The doctors however said that it was too late to attach the missing portion and Gite was discharged from the hospital last eveningOfficialspeakPolice said that Pandey and Singh had been drinking heavily They had run out of alcohol and were going to Borivli East to buy some moreSenior Police Inspector Narayan Khaire from Borivli police station said ldquoWe have arrested Singh and Pandey who are from Delhi and came to Mumbai to pursue their MBA degrees They reside in Charkop They were produced in the holiday court and remanded in police custodyrdquoThe duo was charged under Sections 332 voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty 333 voluntarily causing grievous hurt to deter public servant from his duty 353 assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty of the IPC and relevant sections of the Bombay Police Act