A criminal offence has been registered against a couple from Turbhe, a suburb of Navi Mumbai after the woman allegedly slapped a traffic police constable on the Thane-Belapur road on Thursday.
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The woman Sapna Patil and her husband Sopan Awhad were in their car when her husband, who was at the wheel, allegedly drove into a no-entry lane around 7.45 pm.
When traffic constable Pritesh Bhatuse flagged down Awhad's car, his wife allegedly manhandled the policeman.
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Senior inspector Ramchandra Deshmukh said that when the constable signalled to Awhad to halt, he tried to run over the constable. "The woman slapped him and threatened to call a few goons to beat up the cop," he said.