Thane, Oct 18 (PTI) A disabled man refused to move after he fell from his modified scooter following an accident in Maharashtar’s Thane on Saturday, demanding the presence of Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who hails from the city.

The situation was defused when the traffic police arrived and persuaded the man to give up his demand. A video of the incident has gone viral on social media.

A motorcycle rammed into a three-wheeled scooter carrying a man with a disability near the Manpada Metro station on the under-construction Metro 4 line, said officials.

The man fell on the road and suffered a minor injury. However, he refused to move from the spot, blaming the ongoing Metro work for the accident. He also demanded that Shinde visit him there.

The injured man also claimed that an un

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