Three journalists covering a police raid on a bar were attacked by five of its employees on Monday night. When they went to file a complaint, the accused threatened them inside the police station compound. The police lodged a complaint against the five accused who were released on bail on Tuesday.
The incident took place around 9 pm on the Kalyan-Shilphata Road when a Manpada police team raided the Ego bar and arrested six bar girls. When reporters rushed to the spot on hearing about the raid they were attacked by employees of the bar and its owners.
The accused were identified as Girish Shinappa Shetty, Satish Anand Shetty, Satish Pujari, Dinesh Anil Shetty and Satish Dayaram Shetty. On Tuesday, a media delegation from Thane district met Thane police commissioner K P Raghuvanshi who assured them that such an attack would not recur.