India, Sept. 18 -- A court in Maharashtra's Thane district has acquitted businessman Sherbahadur Suresh Singh, husband of a BJP corporator, who was accused of threatening and assaulting police personnel during a vehicle-towing drive in 2017.

Additional Sessions Judge S S Renge on Thursday cleared Singh of charges of criminal intimidation and deterring public servants from discharging their duties under the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

The case dates back to September 29, 2017, when a police team accompanied by a private towing crane reached the Nalpada area of Thane following complaints of illegal parking.

According to the prosecution, Singh confronted the police team, allegedly used abusive language, threatened the officers and set the cr...