Bapu Lonkar, who was attached to the Swargate police stationon the fateful day of January 25, 2012, is the brave police constable who managed to nab Santosh Mane by stopping the bus at Nilayam Bridge near Parvati and saved his life from an agitated mob.

u00a0“I chased Mane’s bus on my motorbike. I left the two-wheeler on the road at Laxmi Narayan chowk, boarded the bus using the staircase, went to the roof, entered inside through a window, and then went into the driver’s cabin,” said Lonkar.