NCP workers ransack police station; ex-MLA among 14 booked

Fourteen NCP workers, including former party MLA Sanjay Chavan, have been booked for rioting after they allegedly ransacked a police station following an altercation with policemen at Satana village near here.
The incident took place late last night, when a police patrol team asked the staff of a hotel, owned by former Satana Municipal Council president Vijay Wagh, to close the eatery as it was open beyond the permissible time.
"When asked to close the hotel, Wagh had an altercation with them. After some time, Chavan, Wagh and some NCP workers came to Satana Police Station and started abusing policemen. They then ransacked the station, broke the computers and CCTV cameras," Inspector Sunil Tonpe of Devla Police Station said.

Police resorted to lathi charge to disperse the mob, he said, adding Wagh and some of his supporters were injured and admitted to Satana Rural Hospital.
A case has been registered against 14 people, including Chavan and Wagh, under sections 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 436 (mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy house, etc), 453 (house-trespass), 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 506 (criminal intimidation) and others IPC , in-charge of Satana Police Station P T Patil said.