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Shinde was hit on head with a wooden plank allegedly Shinde was hit on head with a wooden plank allegedlyby a juvenile after he asked the latter for vehicle documentsat a petrol pump in suburban Khar. A day after he died, a helmet-less rider rammed into atraffic constable at Kurla in Mumbai when the policemanattempted to stop him at a nakabandi. In another incident, a traffic constable was injuredat a traffic junction in Thane when he tried to stop a vehicleon September 2. Uddhav, who was accompanied by a few Sena ministers,including Minister of State for Home Deepak Keskarkar, and thefamilies of policemen, later told reporters that "I think theHome Department needs a separate minister to check attacks onpolice." "I demanded three things from the CM — safety of copsin state, proper implementation of law, and strict punishmentto attackers," he said. MNS chief Raj Thackeray had also recently spokenagainst the incident and met the families of policemen. Later, Fadnavis, who holds the Home portfolio, saidthe government will consider all demands of the families ofpolice personnel. He informed them of various initiatives taken by thestate government for police welfare, including full day salaryfor working on holiday, inclusion of police in PM Awas Yojnaand provision of Rs 2,000 crore for police housing this year. He also assured them of setting up of a committee toaddress their issues and inclusion of their family members inthe panel. Fadnavis also informed that the government is workingon some unique initiatives for police health, and to increaseinteraction between police and public. A skill training programme for wives of policemen isalso being planned. PTI VT CORR AVI GK NMKIS