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The lady civic officer is in better condition.
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The Thane civic body`s drive against illegal hawkers took a grisly turn on Monday when a man, furious over the action being taken, attacked a senior official with a knife, chopping off three digits of her hand.
Maharashtra: A vegetable vendor attacked Kalpita Pimple, an asst municipal commissioner of Thane Municipal Corporation with a knife during an anti-encroachment drive.
She suffered severe cuts on two of her fingers.
FIR registered, accused arrested.
Her bodyguard was also injured.
— ANI (@ANI) August 30, 2021
Thane Assistant Municipal Commissioner Kalpita Pimple was attacked by vegetable vendor Amarjit Yadav while she was overseeing a drive to clear out unauthorised hawkers in the Kasarvadavali locality.
Maharashtra: During an anti-encroachment drive in Kasarvadavali, Thane the asst municipal commissioner was attacked by a vegetable vendor.
She sustained injuries on two of her fingers, bodyguard also injured.