Two groups of boys and girls fought near Hotel le Meridien in New Delhi district on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. The trigger point of the brawl was the parking of vehicles and the same was frowned upon by both the factions as none of them were in any mood to relent. The ugly spat resulted in two girls being beaten up and their clothes torn by the inebriated rowdies.
Six boys and the two girls who had entered into a brawl in a drunken state were later arrested for rioting. They all belong to well-heeled families and one of them, identified as Sidhartha, claimed to be the nephew of a Haryana politician. New Delhi district police registered a case of rioting and breach of peace against all the eight youths and they were placed under arrest. They were later released on bail as the offence was a bailable one.
Police said that a call was received late around 2.30 am that a fight was on between the boys and girls near 18 Janpath Road bungalow. Police reached the spot and took them into preventive custody after conducting a medical examination on them. Initial questioning by the police revealed that group of five people, aged between 20 and 25 years, had come to celebrate a birthday party at the hotel located at Parliament Street area on Friday late night.
They had parked their two cars near the 18 Janpath Road bungalow where a resident, Sidhartha Sanewal, accompanied by two friends Manpreet and Kunal, all in their early 20s, objected to it. Sidhartha, who claimed to be the nephew of jailed Haryana politician Ajay Chautala, resides in the said bungalow bang opposite le Meridien. Sidhartha entered into an argument with the five youths, including two girls, over the parking of their car.
Following which they plunged into a fight and the two girls and Sidhartha received minor injuries. The women’s friend Naveen, Mayur and Nikhil also received minor aberrations. The girls later alleged that their clothes were torn by Sidhartha and his two cohorts and they were molested as well. Police took all the eight youngsters, including the two girls, to Dr Ram Manohar lohia Hospital for medical examination. They all were found to be drunk. They are all management students and belong to affluent families.