Three individuals have been booked by police in Maharashtra’s Thane district for allegedly threatening and verbally abusing a differently abled woman who runs a government-allotted stall in a local village. The incident is being investigated under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, officials said. 

According to PTI, the first information report (FIR) was registered on Saturday after the 49-year-old woman lodged a formal complaint with the authorities. Affected by polio since childhood, the complainant serves as the president of the Thane district unit of the Prahar Divyanga Kranti Sanghatana, a grassroots organisation working for the welfare of persons with disabilities.