Local police arrested all three suspects involved in the incident. Two police personnel sustained minor injuries during a scuffle while apprehending the youths.
Mumbai: Maharashtra Social Justice Minister Sanjay Shirsat criticised the state police and law enforcement after three youths allegedly attempted to attack his residence in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar on Thursday night. Two security guards were injured in the incident, while police have arrested all three suspects.
According to police, the three youths, who were allegedly in an inebriated state, arrived outside Shirsat’s bungalow in the Golwadi area of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar at around 10.30 pm and began creating a disturbance. When confronted by security personnel, they smashed liquor bottles and hurled them towards the house. The incident created an atmosphere of tension in the area for some time.
Local police arrested all three suspects involved in the incident. Two police personnel sustained minor injuries during a scuffle while apprehending the youths. A case has been registered at Satara Police Station, and the three arrested individuals have been identified as Rohit Bhutale, Shivam Gaikwad and Pratik Kute.
Following the attack, Shirsat strongly criticised the local police administration’s response and the state of law enforcement in the city. He said that when he tried to contact the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Police Commissioner immediately after the attack, the official’s phone was switched off. He also said that local DCPs and ACPs neither responded nor arrived at the scene until two-and-a-half hours after he called Maharashtra Director General of Police (DGP) Sadanand Date at midnight.
Shirsat accused senior local police officials of neglecting law and order, alleging that drugs were being sold openly, illegal gambling dens were operating and extortion was rampant in the city. He also demanded the immediate transfer of the Police Commissioner.
“An attack has taken place at my house. Murders are happening in the city every day. The Police Commissioner is only interested in extortion, while drugs are being sold openly,” Shirsat said.
“Leave me aside; if the house of a Guardian Minister is being attacked like this, what about the safety of ordinary citizens?” he asked, adding that he would formally lodge a complaint against the police administration with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
