Rahul Paithankar

private bank employee

Hasmukh Shah

wrongful restraint

intentional insult

MNS workers also threatened Shah (L); Paithankar sustained cuts, bruises

A thirty-eight-year-old man was allegedly assaulted by his neighbour for delaying the elevator of their building. The bank employee reportedly sustained a cut under his left eye and bruises all over his body after the accused, a builder, thrashed him in front of his mother. According to the Naupada police,, awho lives on the fifth floor of Suyash Apartment in Vishnu Nagar, was on his way to the station with his mother last Wednesday evening. As they were getting into the lift, his mother’s footwear got stuck between the doors. It took him a couple of minutes to free it.The delay annoyed, a local builder who stays one floor above who waswaiting to board the lift with his son.There was a heated argument in the lift as the two came downto the ground floor.“When they reached the ground floor, Shah began assaultingPaithankar who suffered bruises on his face and hands after he fell,” said apolice officer. The assault was also captured on the society’s CCTV cameras.The Naupada police, on Monday, charged Shah with voluntarilycausing hurt,with an intent to provokebreach of peace and criminal intimidation. He is yet to be arrested, said AnilMangale, senior police inspector, Naupada police.Meanwhile, the MNS decided to intervene in the matter and some of its workers on Sunday cornered Shah in the society, threatened him and made him issue an apology on camera.