A thug in time…saved another on Saturday, when two goons, brothers-in-arms, joined forces to bash up the cops and escape from the clutches of the law.

The incident took place around 1.30 pm on Saturday when constables Mohan Shinde and Dinkar Zaibai received a tip-off that a known history-sheeter, Mustafa Fakir Mohommad Shaikh, was going to come to road number 3 in Shivaji Nagar to commit a crime. The two cops slipped into civil outfit and waited for Shaikh.