A woman constable filed an application at the Kalachowkie police station yesterday, alleging that she had been manhandled by a female volunteer while she was on duty at the pandal.

The incident occurred on Monday, when the female volunteer tried to get her friends to skip the serpentine queue and go for the darshan. When Kavita Palekar, the constable on duty, tried to stop the volunteer from doing so, an argument broke out. It turned physical and the volunteer allegedly manhandled Palekar.