Mumbai: Rogue cop manhandles mid-day reporter in public, threatens to frame him

Updated On: 07 November, 2022 07:37 AM IST | Mumbai | Shirish Vaktania | Diwakar Sharma

Assistant Police Inspector Satish Wayal gets away with no department action after first blocking the path of senior citizens for one hour, and then assaulting a mid-day reporter who was taking photos of his car

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API Satish Wayal who assaulted mid-day’s correspondent (left) Wayal’s private car with a policeman’s cap on the dashboard in Borivli, on Saturday. Pics/Shirish Vaktania

Drunk on power, a cop from Kurar police station turned into a ruffian when a mid-day correspondent took photos of his private car parked on a busy road blocking a senior citizen’s vehicle in Borivli. “Tere upar main chori ka case banaunga… tum reporters log extortionist hota hai…tum meri gaadi par watch rakhta hai…chal tu [Borivli] police station,” screamed API Satish Wayal before hauling the correspondent by the collar to Borivli police station. He beat a retreat and apologised after a top cop intervened.

API Wayal didn’t care a fig about the potential damage he would be doing to the image of the well-respected Mumbai police. He also tried to snatch the mid-day correspondent’s mobile phone despite being shown his press card. The drama involving Wayal’s highhandedness unfolded on Gulmohar Road on the afternoon on Saturday. The busy road has pay and park option. However, Wayal illegally parked his private car bearing registration number MH21BO8294 and left behind his police cap on its dashboard—he later claimed he had been to the Borivli court.