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Pune, Sep 5 (PTI) A suspected NCP worker was arrested on charges of assaulting and molesting a woman sarpanch in Pune district of Maharashtra during a brawl at a vaccination centre, police said on Sunday.
The case was registered at the Loni Kalbhor police station after a video of the incident went viral on social media.
The incident occurred on Friday morning when the sarpanch tried to break up a fight between the accused and another person at a vaccination centre in the village near Pune, an official said.
The accused hit the sarpanch and also threatened her with dire consequences, he said quoting the FIR.
A case was registered under sections 354 (Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 323 (Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 504 Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), and 506 (Punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the official added.
The accused was arrested and granted bail, he said.