India News | Mumbai: BMC Clean-up Marshal Beaten Up in Juhu, Case Filed

Mumbai, Sep 14 (PTI) A case of assault has been registered against an unidentified person after a video of a clean-up marshal of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation being beaten up went viral on social media, a police official said on Tuesday.

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The incident took place on Monday afternoon near an eatery in Juhu in the western part of the metropolis, the official said.

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"The clean-up marshal was clicking photographs of people violating the mask norm in place for the COVID-19 pandemic. When he went to one of the violators to collect a fine, he was assaulted. CCTV footage etc is being checked to arrest the offender," the Juhu police station official said.

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