NEW DELHI: As many as 27 folks have been apprehended after a scuffle between some drug addicts and slum dwellers resulted in heavy visitors jam within the northwest Delhi’s Ashok Vihar space, police mentioned on Thursday.
It began on Wednesday evening with the scuffle between Santosh (23), resident of AO Block of Shalimar Bagh, and two-three drug addict boys close to Prem Badi bus stand within the space and later he additionally referred to as the native residents from slums who got here on the highway and began blocking visitors, police mentioned.
Eight police personnel together with Santosh have been additionally injured within the incident, they mentioned, including police autos have been additionally broken by the group of almost 180 folks.
The incident passed off when sub-inspector (SI) Prem Prakash was patrolling along with his employees close to Prem Bari Pul, police mentioned.
In response to the police, at round 10.30pm, SI Prakash noticed that native residents of AO block in Shalimar Block has gathered on the alternative facet close to Prem Bari bus stand. In the meantime, a PCR name was additionally obtained in Shalimar Bagh police station relating to visitors jam by the residents.
SI Prakash together with employees instantly rushed in direction of the spot of gathering. District reserves and police drive from close by police stations wwere additionally mobilised, a senior police official mentioned.
Deputy commissioner of police (Northwest) Usha Rangnani mentioned, “Throughout native enquiry, it got here into our discover that an individual named Santosh has some quarrel with two-three drug addict boys who have been standing close to Prem Badi bus stand. He referred to as the native residents from Jhuggi who got here on the highway and began blocking visitors.
“They have been getting agitated and have been additionally elevating slogans aggressively. The police tried to pacify round 150-180 individuals who had gathered however they began to disrupt the circulate of visitors and sat down on the highway. When police tried to take away them from highway to permit motion of visitors, a number of the miscreants resorted to pelting of stones and bottles on passers by and police personnel,” she mentioned.
In addition they tried to set a visitors bike on hearth however the hearth was instantly doused by the police. In addition they broke glasses of three-four police autos, she added.
“The scenario was introduced underneath management by resorting to make use of of gentle drive and lathi cost. Throughout the incident, Santosh and eight police personnel received injured. All of the injured individuals have been discharged from the hospital after remedy,” Rangnani mentioned.
Santosh, who had a quarrel with the drug addicts was instrumental in bringing the group on the highway,had smashed his left hand on the glass window of one of many police autos. He has additionally been discharged from the hospital, the senior officer mentioned.
A case has been registered underneath part 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public features), 353 (assault or prison drive to discourage public servant from discharge of his obligation), 332 (voluntarily inflicting harm to discourage public servant from his obligation), 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with lethal weapon), 149 (each member of illegal meeting responsible of offence committed in prosecution of widespread object), 307 (try and homicide), 308 (try and commit culpable murder) of the Indian Penal Code and related sections of Harm to Pubic Property Act in reference to the incident, in keeping with police.
“We have now registered the case and apprehended 27 accused folks in reference to the incident. Additional investigation is underneath manner,” the DCP mentioned.
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