Mumbai: 2 men try to drive into Mauritius PM’s convoy at Mahim Causeway, nabbed

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The Bandra police have booked two men for allegedly arguing with the traffic police and trying to drive into the convoy of the Prime Minister of Mauritius at Mahim Causeway, in the wee hours of Monday.

Traffic police officers said the incident took place when the convoy of the Mauritius PM was moving from WEH towards the Bandra-Worli sea link at 1.30 am on Monday. Traffic constable Suraj Mhatre, who is a beat marshal, stopped vehicles for VIP movement.

Mhatre said in his statement that as he was standing there gesturing for vehicles to stop, two men in a brown Renault began honking. The men seemed to be inebriated. Assistant inspector S Khairnar, who was also on bandobast duty, gestured for the car to stop but the driver, identified as Akash Anil Shukla, 24, began moving forward. After Khairnar forcefully stopped the car, Shukla intimidated the officers by trying to barge into the convoy.

When the traffic police officers realised the car driver was drunk and was a danger to them and the convoy, they told the person accompanying Shukla to intervene. However, the person Santosh Ginde, 22, abused the officers. When the officers told them to get out of the car, he started recording a video. Shukla then began driving in the direction of the sea link. The traffic cops managed to intercept the car and detained the duo.

Both the accused were taken to the Bandra police station for medical examination. They were booked for abusing cops and driving dangerously, under various sections of IPC