Shopkeeper, two others held for beating up Mumbai cop in Byculla

A shopkeeper and two others were arrested for allegedly assaulting a Mumbai cop at Byculla area of central Mumbai following an argument over change an official said reported the PTIThe two others held in the matter were identified as aides of the shopkeeper the official saidThe incident took place on Sunday morning at Dockyard Grain Store located near Dockyard Road he saidThe victim an official posted at Tardeo police station had gone to purchase groceries and household items After buying the goods the shopkeeper told him that he does not have a change to return the remaining amount following which the police personnel went to another shop got the change and made the payment to the shopkeeper the official said according to the PTIWhile tendering the change the police personnel passed a comment against the shopkeeper saying that while he runs a big shop he does not have change Angry over the remark the shopkeeper and his two aides started arguing with the cop and beat him up he said as per the PTIA case was registered against the shopkeeper and his two aides at Byculla police station he said adding that all three were arrestedMan riding twowheeler killed after hit by auto rickshaw driven by female foreign touristMeanwhile in an another incident a 55yearold twowheeler rider was killed on Monday in a hitandrun accident involving an auto rickshaw allegedly driven by a female foreign tourist in Pune district of Maharashtra police said as per the PTIThe deceased identified as Balasaheb Dere was on his twowheeler when the speeding autorickshaw struck him and his 37yearold friend Sanjay Jadhav this morning on the NarayangaonOzar Road in Junnar townDere succumbed to his injuries while Jadhav sustained serious injuries and is receiving medical attentionThe incident occurred when the speeding autorickshaw was overtaking a twowheeler a police official saidThe rickshaw was driven by a female foreign tourist and her companions were travelling in the threewheeler the official said quoting the injured person according to the PTIThey fled the scene without offering assistance he saidThe accused persons fled the spot in the same auto rickshaw and travelled to Nashik district to evade arrest he saidPolice intercepted the suspects in Nashik district after receiving a tipoff about the vehicle They are now being transported back to Narayangaon Police Station for further questioningA case has been registered and the investigation is ongoingwith PTI inputs