21 December,2009 07:19 AM IST | | Vaidehi Limaye
Firemen say stress at work may have pushed the man to assault boss, who is in hospital with severe skull injuries
Fireman Liyakat Mokashi (40) and his senior Mangesh Dicholkar (56) knew each other for five years and according to sources had a cordial relationship.
Incidentally, Dicholkar was one of the fire officers who was deployed on the night of 26/11 to rescue people from the Taj.
On Sunday at 12.30 am,u00a0 Mokashi grievously injured Dicholkar with a billhook (a weapon that looks like a sickle). Dicholkar was on the night shift and had reached the fire station around 11 pm.
He had begun allotting worku00a0 when Mokashi suddenly attacked him and fled before anyone could understand what had happened.
INJURED: Fireman Mangesh Dicholkar, who was part of the 26/11 rescue team at the Taj was assaulted by his colleague on Saturday |
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