JOIN USSahib Mukim Ansari’s deposition before a Thane court mirrored a scene right out of a Bollywood movie. What happened to him was even more dramatic.
With both legs plastered, Ansari deposed in the court against four people who assaulted and tried to kill him, lying on a stretcher. It was an unusual scene in the courtroom of district judge R S Patil-Bhosle on Friday.
Lawyers and passersby crowded the courtroom to see the man on the stretcher recording his evidence to get his assaulters punished.
A scrap dealer by profession, Ansari, at times, doubles up as a social worker in his area. He was abducted from his locality by the four suspects and assaulted with rods and other objects. They later threw him out of an autorickshaw.
Ansari’s injuries were so severe that doctors had to operate him seven times. He has been bedridden since.
The accused have been arrested and booked on various charges, including an attempt to murder.
Ansari on Friday was propped up from his stretcher at the court, where his evidence was recorded by the assistant public prosecutor.