Mumbai, February 22: The Bombay High Court has sought a reply from two officers attached to Matunga police station for allegedly detaining a person illegally for over 20 hours last August.
According to Abhaychandra Yadav (28), the petitioner, he was illegally detained and beaten by senior police inspector Deshmukh and police sub-inspector Arjun Sawant.
Yadav contends that he is a businessman, and his office is located next to Tata Capital Ltd’s office.
On July 29 last, some men hired by Tata Capital allegedly confiscated a car belonging to one Mohd Ismail Hassan as he had not repaid the loan taken from the company. The company had also intimated Antop Hill police station about the same.
However, Hassan’s driver lodged a complaint of cheating against unknown persons in Matunga police station, alleging that they stole the car posing as the company officials.
–Agencies