A 34-year-old man posted in the Special Rangers Group of the NSG allegedly assaulted some policemen when they stopped him for not wearing face mask in a public place as per Covid-19 protocols here in Maharashtra, an official said on Thursday.

An assistant police inspector and two other security personnel were injured in the incident that took place on Wednesday, he said. In the wake of fresh restrictions enforced across the state earlier this week amid fears of a third wave of Covid-19, a team of personnel from Cantonment police station was checking vehicles at the Nagar Naka square. The accused, resident of Adgav Bhumi in Phulambri taluka, was on way to his village along with his brother when the police team stopped him as he was not wearing a face mask, the official said.