A Posse of policemen watched as tribal women shouted slogans outside Vasai police station on Thursday, demanding immediate suspension of a cop accused of assaulting six women suspecting them of being pickpockets. The protest came a day after mid-day reported the alleged thrashing of tribal women inside Papdi police chowkie at the hands of API Vinod Wagh. Even senior police officers acknowledge off the record that Wagh was at fault.

The protesters shout slogans in Vasai on Thursday. Pic/Hanif Patel