MAPUSA
While a video which has gone viral establishes that Parra Village Panchayat Secretary Raghuvir Bhagkar lifted his hand to strike at a Parra local in the panchayat office, Mapusa police have now booked the local for threatening and obstructing a public servant from doing his duty.
The local, Jack Fernandes, was booked based on the complaint filed by the secretary of Parra Panchayat Raghuvir Bhagkar.
According to the secretary, Fernandes came to the panchayat office on Friday to inquire about his RTI application and in the process began arguing and misbehaved with him.
He said the Parra local used indecent language, threatened him and later threw the record book down on the floor and damaged it.
Incidentally, Fernandes had in a viral video had stated that the secretary had manhandled him as he was walking down the staircase while speaking to the Parra Sarpanch.
A video that has gone viral shows that Jack Fernandes was trying to engage with Parra Sarpanch Delilah Lobo while moving down the staircase at the Parra panchayat office.
In the end, the video shows the secretary Raghuvir Bhagkar lifting his hand to strike at Fernandes.
Fernandes has been booked under sections 504, 506 (ii) and 186 of the IPC and section 3 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984.
