Nagpur: A clerk from the Social Welfare Department has been booked for allegedly threatening a female officer at her residence in Pratapnagar, after wrongly assuming that she was responsible for delaying his voluntary retirement application. The incident, which occurred around midnight on June 3, has triggered panic in the department.

The accused has been identified as Sushil Shinde, a resident of Bhilgaon, Kamptee. According to police, Shinde had submitted a voluntary retirement application to the woman officer in March this year. The officer had forwarded the application to the government for approval. However, as no decision was made on the file, Shinde grew frustrated and mistakenly assumed that the officer had deliberately stalled the process.

In recent weeks, Shinde began creating a nuisance at the office and allegedly issued threats to the officer. The situation escalated dramatically on Tuesday, around 1 AM, when he arrived in a car outside the officer’s residence in the Pratapnagar area.

According to the complaint, Shinde parked his vehicle in front of the gate and began honking continuously, forcing the officer and her family members to come outside. Allegedly under the influence of alcohol, he verbally abused the officer and threatened to kill her. He even tried to ram the gate with his car in an attempt to break it, creating panic among the family members.

The family immediately informed the police control room, which alerted Pratapnagar Police. However, by the time the police arrived, Shinde had fled the scene.

Based on the complaint filed by the woman officer, Pratapnagar Police have registered a case against Sushil Shinde. Further investigation is underway.