MUMBAI: A video showing a policeman washing Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad's car went viral on social media, with many questioning if that action was part of the cop's security duty to the ruling party legislator.
Former Congress Member of the Legislative Assembly Harshwardhan Sapkal, who shared the video, said this was a classic case of misuse of the police personnel. "This is a disgrace," he added.
Gaikwad said the policeman who was on his security duty, had vomited in the vehicle after breakfast and volunteered to clean the vehicle.
"Nobody asked him to clean the car," he added. In February, Gaikwad had claimed that he had hunted a tiger in 1987 and has been wearing its tooth around his neck.
Soon after, the state Forest department seized the accessory and charged him under the Wildlife Protection Act.
The purported tiger tooth was sent for forensic identification. The legislator, who belongs to the party led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, had earlier posted a video on social media claiming he had hunted a big cat.
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