A 40-year-old man, a resident of Thane’s Wagle Estate and an employee at a petrol pump, was allegedly brutally assaulted by three men over a petty scuffle. The victim, Sandip Singh, was punched and kicked, resulting in a dislocated shoulder and three fractured ribs. The incident took place on March 11, said Pratigya Singh, 27, the victim’s wife. “I kept going to the police station for seven days, but they kept delaying the registration of the FIR,” she said. On March 18, the Wagle Estate Police finally registered the FIR after recording Singh’s statement.

According to the FIR, on March 11, while Singh was on duty at the petrol pump on LBS Road at Teen Hath Naka in the afternoon, three individuals arrived on a scooty and waited in the queue. Singh was refuelling another vehicle when the trio asked him to hurry up. “The customer ahead of them had given me Rs 100, and he had filled petrol worth Rs 60. I didn’t have change, which is why it was taking some time. The trio kept shouting at me to rush, and I told them to wait while I returned the remaining money. Instead, they attacked me, throwing punches. I fell to the ground, and they continued kicking me, especially on my upper body,” Singh stated in his complaint.