Told to return home, jogger at Breach Candy thrashes cop

A Breach Candy resident allegedly thrashed a woman police officer for telling her to stop jogging at Girgaon Chowpatty on Thursday evening The jogger Vinita Manghnani 34 has been booked for violating the lockdown and assaulting the subinspectorThe subinspector suffered injuries to her head and abdomen and has been admitted to a hospital According to sources Manghnani a homemaker and a fitness enthusiast is a regular jogger who starts walking from her home to reach chowpatty where she jogs on the promenadeFor the past 15 days police had been warning her not to come Whenever we told her not to come she would promise to not come from next days onwards This continued for 15 days said a source On Thursday there was heavy police bandobast as hundreds of migrants had come to get themselves screened to travel on Shramik Special to JharkhandWhen senior police officers at the spot noticed Manghnani around 6 pm they sent a Woman Police Constable WPC to tell her to return home Manghnani did not pay heed to the WPC Varsha Bande and continued walking for another 100 metres The WPC tried to approach her but Manghnani abused her verbally Then a woman police subinspector Smita Parab tried to calm her down and convince her Manghnani threatened to spit on her continuously abusing them said the sourceThen Manghnani thrashed Parab who lost her balance and fell on a motorcycle and injured her head said a source attached to DB Marg police station Senior police inspector of DB Marg police station Suryakant Bangar said She was brought to the police station on Thursday and later released after being served a notice We called her on Friday to investigate furtherA woman inspector attached to DB Marg police station said People living in chawls are far better than those residing in posh areas as the latter are not ready to cooperate with police during the lockdown They often violate the lockdown If they want to be fit they can jog at home Police are working to safeguard residents amid a global health crisis We request everyone to please cooperate with usDB Marg police have booked Manghnani under Sections 188 disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant 353 assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty and 332 voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty of the Indian Penal Code IPCAnother officer attached to DB Marg police station privy to the investigation said We did not arrest her because it will be a lengthy procedure to conduct her corona test and place her under arrest So Manghnani has been served with a notice as the punishment for her offence is less than seven years imprisonment But she will be asked to be present at police station when we file the charge sheet in the matter She is an entrepreneur who runs a well established tour and travel business in South Mumbai saidWe did not arrest Manghnani because it will involve getting a COVID19 test first So she has been served with a notice as the punishment for her offence is less than seven years imprisonment But she will be asked to be present at the police station when we file a charge sheet She is an entrepreneur who runs a well established tour and travel business in South Mumbai said another officer attached to DB Marg police stationCatch up on all the latest Mumbai news crime news current affairs and a complete guide from food to things to do and events across Mumbai Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest news