Mumbai Police have arrested two men — Irfan Iqbal Shaikh (38) and Abbal Mohammed Ali Khan (29) — for allegedly assaulting, abusing and unlawfully detaining a police officer who was booked in connection with the recent Tardeo garden molestation incident. The arrests come days after the police officer was named in the case.

According to Tardeo Police, the accused allegedly misbehaved with the assistant sub-inspector, used abusive language, and pushed and threatened him while he was on duty. Police said that although the officer was willing to go to a nearby beat chowky on his own in connection with the garden incident, the two men allegedly grabbed his uniform collar and forcibly took him there.