The Vartak Nagar police have booked suspended deputy municipal commissioner (DMC) Deepak Chavan for assaulting a reporter and cameraman from news channel News Nation. Chavan, who had been suspended on Friday, had allegedly colluded with the builders of the Mumbra structure.

According to the police, on Saturday morning around 11.30 am reporter Sonu Kannaujia and cameraman Imran Siddiqui visited Chavan’s Thane residence for a byte on his suspension in Mumbra illegal building collapse issue. Chavan refused to speak to them, citing ill health and said he was going to a clinic for treatment.u00a0