Bhopal

Locals create ruckus at police station over vandalisation of cars

Staff Reporter

The local residents created ruckus at Kamla Nagar police station as unidentified miscreants vandalised in the area on Thursday night and damaged over a dozen vehicles.

A group of people lead by local Corporator Monu Saxena angry over the damage to their cars created ruckus at the Kamla Nagar police station on Friday. Police said that 15 cars were vandalized by two bike borne miscreants at around 2 in the night.

A complaint was lodged by Harjeet Singh of Kotra lodged complaint regarding damage of his car. The rear glass of the car was broken. Same complaint was lodged by Vikas Sharma and Mukesh Sharma.

Few of the victims reached and lodged complaint with the police while police said that more victims are yet to report their complaint regarding the vandalism.

The areas which were targeted were Kotra, Aardhana Nagar and Ambedkar Nagar. The accused started the act of vandalism near Kopal School and later damaged a total of 15 cars. The reason behind the damage could not be ascertained at the moment and would be investigated.

Police said that the damage to the car would be around Rs 1 lakh as provided by the victims. In the incident two bike borne miscreants could be spotted but their face and registration number of the motorbike are not clear.

Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under sections 427, 294 and 34 of the IPC and started further investigation. The CCTV footages of the area and nearby areas would be investigated in the further investigation.