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Mumbai:
In a shocking incident, a group of MLAs today beat up a policeman
who had allegedly stopped the vehicle of Vasai MLA Kshitij Thakur
on the Bandra-Worli sealink here yesterday.
The melee occurred outside the House at noon when a group of MLAs
led by Thakur caught hold of Assistant Police Inspector Sachin
Suryavanshi and roughed him up.
After the Question Hour, Thakur moved a breach of privilege notice
against the policeman for obstructing his vehicle on the
Bandra-Worli sealink.
He gave details of the incident
which took place yesterday when he was on his way to attend the
Assembly proceedings and how the policeman had "misbehaved" with
him.
Enraged by Thakur's account, members cutting across party lines
were on their feet demanding that the official be suspended. Amid
the uproar, the House was adjourned for 20 minutes.
Suryavanshi, who was seated in the visitor's gallery made hand
gestures looking down towards the members. Thakur identified him
as the same policeman who had obstructed him yesterday.
The MLAs Ram Kadam (MNS), Rajan Salvi (Shiv Sena), Pradeep Jaiswal
(Independent) and Jaykumar Rawal (BJP) rushed outside the House
and caught the policeman on the first floor of the Vidhan Bhavan
building and beat him.
Interestingly, the Sena, BJP and MNS
have in the past on various pccasions have termed them as 'Police
Rakshaks' in the context of alleged attacks on cops by others.
Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar,
Home Minister R.R. Patil, and other ministers were closeted in an
emergency meeting to discuss the situation arising out of the
legislators' violent behaviour.
Takig a grim view of the attack, state Director-General of Police
Sanjeev Dayal, Mumbai Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh and other
top police officers rushed to the legislature complex and were
scheduled to raise the issue with Chavan and other ministers.
Meanwhile, top leaders of all political parties have condemned the
shocking incident and assured action would be taken against their
party legislators if they were found involved in the attack.
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