The Yavat police have booked actor and director Mahesh Manjrekar for slapping and verbally abusing the driver of a car on the Pune-Solapur National Highway on Friday night. According to the police, Manjrekar was travelling from Pune to Solapur via the highway on Friday when the incident took place around 11.30 pm.

While driving he suddenly applied the brakes when a vehicle hit his car from behind, damaging it slightly. Manjrekar then got off his car and allegedly verbally abused and slapped the driver Kailash Satpute, a Solapur resident. Speaking to mid-day, police inspector Bhausaheb Patil from Yavat police station said, “The incident occurred near Kudle Biryani Centre located on the Pune-Solapur National Highway around 11:30 pm.