A hawker was booked in Thane district on Friday for allegedly brandishing a knife at an anti-encroachment team of the civic body, the police said.

Accused Haribhau Hule, who threatened the civic team on October18 after being asked to remove a stall he had set up, has not been arrested as yet, a Kasarvadavali police station official said. He said, as per the complaint by a clerk of the Thane Municipal Corporation, passers-by rushed to the anti-encroachment team's rescue.