MUMBAI: Malabar Hill police detained a 49-year-old businessman when the high-end car he was driving breached chief minister Uddhav Thackeray’s convoy at Malabar Hill at around 7pm on Monday.
Thackeray was returning to Varsha bungalow, his official residence, after attending a meeting at the director-general of police’s office at Colaba, when the incident took place near Teen Batti naka. Soon after security personnel in the convoy noticed the vehicle, they and local police immediately stopped the businessman’s car and a Malabar Hill police team, which was near the spot, took him to the police station. The businessman had no knowledge about the CM’s convoy passing by and was driving the car in a negligent manner, police said.
Police booked him under sections 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way) and 336 (act endangering life or personal safety of others) of IPC. He was served a notice and let off but his statement will be recorded when police call him.
