BJP MLA booked for slapping on-duty police constable in Pune

An offense has been registered against a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA for allegedly slapping an on-duty police constable in Maharashtra’s Pune city, police said on Saturday, January 6.

A video of the incident that occurred on Friday surfaced on social media, in which Sunil Kamble, the legislator from Pune Cantonment constituency, hit an on-duty constable at Sassoon General Hospital here.

Based on a complaint lodged by the constable, a case has been registered against Kamble under Section 353 (assault or criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of his duty) of the Indian Penal Code, an official said.