Fined for not wearing mask, Mumbai woman punches BMC worker

A woman who was being fined for not wearing a mask by BMC officials in Mumbai assaulted the official after an argument.

After being stopped for not wearing a mask, a woman in Mumbai punched an official of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The video of the incident that happened in Kandivali, has gone viral on social media. A fine of Rs 200 is levied for not wearing a mask in Mumbai amid the pandemic. The video shows a woman traveling in a rickshaw without a mask. As she reaches the Mahavir Nagar traffic signal on Kandivali Link Road, she is stopped by another woman who is a BMC official or marshal, deployed by the Corporation to check Covid-safety norms in the city. The BMC marshal asked the woman to pay up a fine of Rs 200. On this, the woman starts arguing with the official. As the issue escalates, she punches one of the BMC officials.