India News | NCP Activist Among Five Held for Manhandling Cops

Thane, Aug 22 (PTI) An NCP office-bearer was among five persons arrested here on Saturday in Maharashtra for allegedly manhandling police personnel, an official said.

A group of about 25 people led by Manoj Kokane, Thane district city secretary, the NCP, had barged in Diva police outpost on Friday night and abused the on-duty police officer for allegedly not arresting an accused in an assault case, he said.

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They also staged a rasta roko and shouted slogans, the official said.

NCP workers present in the mob abused a police sub-inspector at the police outpost and manhandled him.

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The accused have been booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and under the National Disaster Management Act (NDMA), he said.

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