After more than a year of an RTI activist’s assault in Bhandup, the Mumbai crime branch on Tuesday arrested three persons.
In August last year, the activist was beaten by unknown persons with iron rods at Janta Market in Bhandup.
“Sanjay Shantaram Lad, 32, Gurudip Virdhi, 36, and Anil Movekar, 27, who have been arrested are residents of Bhandup,” said Himanshu Roy, joint commissioner of police (crime).
A case of attempted murder was registered with the Bhandup police, who arrested two persons in the case—Dilip Vaishnav and Vilas Ganpat. However, the duo was released due to lack of evidence.
The case was transferred to the crime branch. The policemen interrogated over 50 persons in and around Bhandup in the case who had previous similar cases registered against them. They studied the complainant’s background and traced the people who could have landed in trouble due to his social work.
