Aurangabad, Nov 30:
Cidco police have arrested an errant car driver for jostling the bodyguard of the district collector and misbehaving with the collector at Ambedkar Chowk (on Jalgaon road), on Sunday, at 9.20 am. The duo had stepped out the official car to convince the youth not to obstruct the traffic by the fighting on the road with an auto driver. The accused is identified as Shashank Ashok Wagh.
Police said, " the collector Sunil Chavan was returning to office in his car after inspecting the ballot boxes placed at the Kalagram (near Garware Stadium) on Sunday morning. The bodyguard Rameshwar Ganapati Ingle was also with him. While returning, they spotted a car and an auto parked in the centre of the road at Ambedkar Chowk. The drivers of both the vehicles were arguing and quarrelling with each other. Hence the collector''s car got stopped, and the bodyguard went out to intervene and end their fight. Ingle told them the collector is in the car and told to not to fight on the road. Hence the driver of auto left the spot with his vehicle, but the youth driving car entered into an argument with Ingle. He also jostled him. Later on, the collector also got down from the car and tried to convince the youth, but was in vain. He impolitely told them to do whatever they want to, and he is least bothered about who they are? By speaking rudely, he left with the car. Acting upon the collector''s order, Ingle complained about Wagh to the police.
Shashank is the son of an RTO officer and runs a gym in Osmanpura area. The police inspector Ashok Giri and other officials swing into action after police complaint and arrested him from his house on Sunday evening. When produced before the court, today morning, the judiciary awarded magisterial custody remand (MCR) to him.