A 28-year-old lawyer, Abid Abbas Sayed, was allegedly assaulted by four police officers from the BKC police station during nakabandi on Saturday. The incident took place on the night of September 30, when Sayed, a resident of Deonar, had gone to Kurla to meet friends. He was then accompanied by a friend who is also a lawyer, and they were on their way to Bandra for a meal.

The incident

Sayed complained to the BKC police on Tuesday. He recounted the incident, “A police van stopped near our scooter on the main BKC road during what appeared to be a routine checkpoint. When asked for my driver's license, I explained that I didn't have a physical copy but a copy stored in his Digi locker, a government-provided digital storage service with legal validity. I requested some time to access it.”