Mumbai traffic cop beaten by biker dies

Mumbai: A traffic police constable who was allegedly attacked with a wooden plank by a juvenile after he asked the latter for vehicle documents at a petrol pump last week, passed away at a hospital on Wednesday.

The incident took place on Tuesday last week when the constable Vilas Shinde (50) from Bandra traffic division was discharging his duty at a petrol pump when he spotted a biker without helmet approaching the petrol pump.

The juvenile was nabbed on the same day. Shinde who was in a critical condition and was unconscious since last week, passed away at the Lilavati Hospital this afternoon, police said. The biker had banged a wooden plank on Shinde’s head after a heated argument over vehicle documents.