A Dombivli resident has complained to the special inspector general (prevention of atrocities against women), Pune that a cop from Vashi police station accosted her at her house and forced her to quit her job. The cop allegedly cited that he was going to arrest her boss — a builder — in a case of property feud, and could have arrested her as well but did not out of sympathy.

The Spl IG, Shobha Vohotkar, has initiated an inquiry against Assistant Police Inspector Appa Koli, after the allegation of ‘unnecessary harassment’ made by Mohini Awale, who works as a receptionist at the office of M/s Build-tech Engineers and Developers in Vashi.