The spot of the mishap in Nerul. PICs/Sneha Kharabe

Watchman Shankar Lal Bahadur Vishwakarma (55) and labourer Bhupendra Jagdish Prasad Yogi (45) were only enjoying a cup of tea at a stall on Sunday evening when a speeding car knocked them both down. They succumbed to their injuries on the spot. But in the most damning detail, their life was cut short by none other than a police constable, identified as Ramesh Gulab Karane (32), based with the Manchar police station of Pune gramin police station. He was arrested by the Nerul police, charged under relevant sections of the Motor Vehicles Act and produced in court on Monday.