Agencies

Two incidents of assaults on police personnel were reported in Mumbai the early hours of Saturday morning.

Police officers said that the first instance was reported at the Marine Drive in south Mumbai, where two constables were allegedly assaulted with a chopping knife at around 1.30 a.m.

The accused, a resident of the Gamdevi area, has been arrested.Karan Pradip Nayar, resident of Silver Oaks estate near Breach Candy, attacked the policemen who were on routine ‘nakabandi’ duty at 1.30 am, senior police inspector of Marine Drive police station Mrityunjay Hiremath told PTI.

The policemen, all deployed at the Marine Drive police station, received injuries on their shoulders and hands and were taken to the state government-run JJ hospital.