Pune:
A retired Deputy Commissioner of Police's son-in-law, Prashant Bhagwan Pokle, was arrested by the Faraskhana police with two others on alleged charges of assaulting a constable at Kumbhar Ves in Mangalwar Peth. The three were arrested late night on Monday.
The other two accused were identified as Rahul Ashok Kuche and Dinesh Suresh Jadhav, both residents of Nanded Phata in Dhairi village. Police Sub-Inspector G C Shaikh, who is investigating the case, said the three young men were in a car a fancy number plate and were stopped by Constable Surendra Sahebrao Sable at Kumbhar Ves at 10.35 p.m.
A heated debate ensued between Pokle and Sable, resulting in the manhandling of Sable. In his police statement, Sable said he was hit with fists by Pokle and his friends and also abused by the three.
Pokle said the back of his head was injured because Sable hit him with a walkie-talkie.
"We all were in a hurry and going to Ruby Hall for the purchase of medicine for my father-in-law, who had recently undergone a brain surgery," he said.
Pokle and his friends were booked at 11.45 p.m. under Sections 353 (causing injuries), 332 (beating a government servant), 504 (abuse), 186 (assault) and 34 (conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code.