A hawker was booked in Thane district for allegedly brandishing a knife against an anti-encroachment team of the civic body, police said.

Accused Haribhau Hule, who threatened the civic team on October 18 after being asked to remove a stall he had set up, has not been arrested as yet, a Kasarvadavali police station official said. He said, as per the complaint by a clerk of the Thane Municipal Corporation, passersby rushed to the anti-encroachment team's rescue.