Seven people arrested over sword attack in Uttarakhand’s Pauri Garhwal: Police

The complainant claimed that at night he was with his friends near a petrol pump when eight to ten people riding five bullet motorcycles were making loud noise from the silencers of the motorcycles

Published on: Jun 4, 2025, 15:45:58 IST

By Neeraj Santoshi

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Seven people were arrested on Wednesday for attacking locals with swords after the latter had objected to the loud noise from the bike’s silencers, in Uttarakhand’s Srinagar area, Pauri Garhwal police official said.

The incident took place on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday. (Representative file photo)

The incident took place on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday. All of the accused were identified.

The first information report (FIR) was registered under sections 109 (Attempt to murder), 353 (Statements conducing to public mischief), 351 (2) (Criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at Srinagar police station.

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Sharing details on the sequence of events, Anuj Kumar, circle officer, Srinagar, said, “On Wednesday, we received a complaint from Srinagar resident Pawan Uniyal at Srinagar police station in which he claimed that at night he was with his friends near a petrol pump in Srinagar when eight to ten people riding five bullet motorcycles were making loud noise from the silencers of the motorcycles.”

“When they asked these men to ride the motorcycles peacefully, they attacked them with sharp weapons. They had to run to save their lives, then they chased them and beat them. Some of them received injuries in the incident. We registered the FIR under relevant sections of the BNS at Srinagar police station”, Kumar said.

“We immediately examined the footage of CCTV cameras and found that the accused were heading towards Rudraprayag. Our team chased them and arrested seven accused and recovered three swords from them. We also seized their bullet motorcycles,” he added.

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Neeraj Santoshi
Neeraj Santoshi is the Chief of Bureau for Hindustan Times in Uttarakhand, where he leads the state reporting team while covering government, politics, environment, wildlife, Uttarakhand High Court, and issues shaping the Himalayan region. With more than two decades in journalism across conflict zones, he has covered politically sensitive regions and environmentally fragile landscapes, and focused on stories that combine public interest with in-depth storytelling. An alumnus of Pune University with a Master’s in Communication Studies, he has reported extensively from Jammu & Kashmir (2003-2010), Madhya Pradesh (2010 to 2018 ) and Uttarakhand (Since 2018), covering subjects ranging from insurgency, elections and governance to wildlife conservation, mining, climate change, agriculture, human rights and social justice. He has covered politics and legislative assemblies of both Jammu & Kashmir and Madhya Pradesh over more than a decade. Before taking over as Chief of Bureau in Uttarakhand, he served as Special Correspondent with Hindustan Times in Madhya Pradesh and earlier reported for both Hindustan Times and The Indian Express in Jammu & Kashmir, where he covered state politics, environment and insurgency-related developments. Over the years, his stories have focused on environmental degradation, wildlife, illegal mining, governance and the changing social fabric of Himalayan states and Central India. He is particularly interested in long-form explanatory journalism, and stories that explore the intersection of ecology, conservation, governance and society. Outside the newsroom, Neeraj enjoys reading widely on neuroscience, consciousness studies, Artificial Intelligence and quantum physics, with a special interest in Kashmiri Tantric Shaivist traditions. He is also passionate about wildlife, mountaineering and the Himalayas, interests that continue to inform his reporting and deepen his understanding of the region he covers.Read More

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