Mumbai:
Two businessmen were on Wednesday arrested for allegedly assaulting a traffic police constable following an argument during a traffic jam in suburban Andheri, police said.
The accused Mahesh and Yogesh Jhunjhunwala, brothers, were charged with interfering with the duty of a public servant and assaulting him, they said.
According to police, the incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon when Ajit Pawar, the traffic constable attached to Andheri traffic police division, was managing vehicular traffic on the Pump House Road.
A tempo's tyre got punctured on the road resulting in vehicular traffic pile-up, police said adding, Pawar asked a traffic police post to send a towing van to take away the tempo.
In the meantime, the two brothers alighted from their car and inquired about the reasons for the traffic jam.
As the constable narrated them about tempo incident, the duo suggested the cop to deflate the tyres to teach the driver a lesson. However, Pawar refused to do so and also prevented
the duo from doing the same when they began arguing with him and assaulted him.
The traffic constable subsequently approached nearby MIDC police station after which the two were arrested.