MUMBAI POLICE DENY CLAIMS OF ASSAULT

MUMBAI: In an affidavit filed in the Bombay high court (HC), the Mumbai Police have refuted the allegations that a porter was stopped and assaulted by police while enforcing lockdown in south Mumbai, leading to his death. Iqbal Gani Avalkar, inspector from JJ Marg police station, filed the affidavit in response to a public interest litigation filed by advocate Firdause Irani, who claimed that he himself, his wife and two sons were beaten up by police personnel and civic officials outside his residence.