The rogue cop, who assaulted mid-day reporter Shirish Vaktania on Saturday for taking pictures of a car he had wrongfully parked on a busy Borivli road, is a repeat violator. API Satish Wayal has been fined thrice for parking the private car, owned by a Jalna-based man, in “dangerous” violation of the traffic rules. Emboldened by the department’s inaction, Wayal again threatened mid-day reporter Diwakar Sharma who was with Vaktania on Saturday.
 
Speaking with mid-day, Joint Commissioner of Police (law and order) Vishwas Nangre Patil assured that an “inquiry will be conducted into the matter and action would be taken accordingly.” The office of Minister of Home Affairs (MHA) Devendra Fadnavis has also taken cognisance of mid-day’s report on manhandling of its reporter.

Assistant Police Inspector (API) Satish Wayal of Kurar police station parked a Hyundai on Gulmohar Road, Borivli West, obstructing a senior citizen’s access out of parking. The senior citizen, who had parked his car in a pay-and-park facility, had to wait nearly an hour to move out.