A cloth store, a school van and a motorbike were set on fire by miscreant at New Multistorey EWS building under Shahjehanabad police station area late in the night on Monday.
Police said that school van and bike of Sheru Kaushal and cloth store of Mohanlal were set ablaze late in the night by miscreant who was spotted by Sheru escaping the spot.
A complaint was lodged with the police by Sheru stating that he had parked his school van and bike near the building where it is parked everyday and late in the night found that vehicles and cloth store were gutted in fire. The locals rushed to pacify fire but vehicles and cloth store sustained heavy damage.
The victims claimed that the loss in the fire was around Rs 2 lakh. In his complaint victim told the police that youth from the nearby building was found escaping the spot. Based on the information the search for the accused has been started.
The victims have refused any dispute or enmity with anyone in the area which resulted in the setting of fire.
Sheru operates school van while Mohanlal runs cloth store. Police said that the vehicles and store was set ablaze by miscreant who is involved in mischievous acts.