Pune autorickshaw driver arrested for pelting stones on police route march, wife bites woman constable

The police said the accused Somnath Chowdhary, 40, a resident of Janta Vasahat, Parvati, allegedly blocked the route march, comprising officers and staffers of the Pune city police and security forces, near Shankar Temple in Janta Vasahat around 6 pm with his autorickshaw.

The wife of Chowdhary also allegedly bit the hand of a woman police constable, leaving her injured.

According to the police, when the police asked the driver to re-direct his vehicle he allegedly called his family members who also abused the officials.

The police have also booked his family members under sections 118(1), 125(a), 126(2), 131, 115(2), 352, 132, 121(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Assistant police inspector Gangadhar Ghawate said that it was learnt that the autorickshaw driver was drunk.

The police have registered a case at the Parvati station on Saturday.