A hawker was booked in Thane district on Friday for allegedly brandishing a knife against an anti-encroachment team of the civic body, police said.
Accused Haribhau Hule, who threatened the civic team on October 18 after being asked to remove a stall he had set up, has not been arrested as yet, a Kasarvadavali police station official said.
He said, as per the complaint by a clerk of the Thane Municipal Corporation, passersby rushed to the anti-encroachment team's rescue.
On August 30, senior woman TMC official Kavita Pimpale was severely injured in a knife attack by a hawker during an anti-encroachment drive in Kasarvadavali junction.
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