Thane, March 3 A case has been registered against five individuals, including an 85-year-old man, for allegedly assaulting a female court official during a foreclosure process in Thane city, Maharashtra, police said on Tuesday.
The incident took place on Saturday afternoon at a housing society in the Mahagiri area, an official said.
According to the police, a female court commissioner was acting on the orders of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Thane, to take possession of a ground-floor flat belonging to Chandrakant Vishnu Jadhav (49) after he defaulted on a loan taken from a finance firm.
"The court commissioner, accompanied by legal managers from the finance firm and a police contingent, was executing the court's order, but Jadhav refused to hand over possession," the official said.
Four other accused individuals, including a lawyer and Jadhav's family members, allegedly assaulted the court official and obstructed the action, he said.
Based on a complaint, a case has been registered against Chandrakant Jadhav, his wife Pallavi, father Vishnu Sahadu Jadhav, advocate Ashwini Bhosale and her son, the official said, adding that an investigation into the incident is underway.
