June 23rd 2023.
Mira-Bhayandar: On Tuesday June 20, an incident occurred that is still under investigation. Independent legislator Geeta Jain had slapped a junior engineer, Shubham Patil, who is attached to ward number six of the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation. Patil works on a contractual basis through a private manpower supply agency hired by the civic administration. Patil and his colleague Sanjay Soni, who was also present at the time of the incident, have jointly written a letter to the Kashimira police station seeking action against the legislator.
Jain represents the Mira Bhayandar assembly constituency and has lent her support to the ruling party. The engineers alleged that they were on-duty to raze an illegal tenement in the Penkarpada area of Kashimira, whereas the legislator claimed that the engineer had acted at the behest of another builder who also owns a piece of land in the same layout. The MLA was reminding the team about a government resolution which disallowed the civic body to demolish any type of residential structures during the monsoons, when the engineer laughed and invited her ire.
A police officer from the Kashimira police station has stated that investigations are on into the complaint filed by the engineers. Assault or criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of his duty invites action under section 353 of the IPC- which is a non-bailable offence having punishment of imprisonment up to five years in Maharashtra.
It is clear that this incident has sparked a lot of debate and controversy. While the engineers feel that they were on-duty and were wronged, the legislator claims that the engineer had acted on behalf of another builder. We can only wait and see what the outcome of the investigation will be.
[This article has been trending online recently and has been generated with AI. Your feed is customized.]
[Generative AI is experimental.]
