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Vehicles damaged as vandals go on the rampage on Sinhgad road
In Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad, rival groups often go on a rampage and damage vehicles belonging to local residents, said officials
On Monday night, six unidentified miscreants allegedly damaged at least three vehicles, including two-wheelers and four-wheelers, at Samarthnagar in Sinhgad road area, said police officials.
Satish Umre, assistant police inspector, Sinhgad road police station, said, “The miscreants had a brawl with another group of persons, over a petty issue. The youth involved were also under the influence of alcohol. Post the brawl, they smashed the windows of vehicles parked nearby.”
The sudden violence triggered panic among residents in the area, added Umre.
According to police, residents claim that the area is a common spot for anti-social elements to spread terror.
In Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad, rival groups often go on a rampage and damage vehicles belonging to local residents, said officials. On June 17, a petty fight over parking of tempos took an ugly turn when five men attacked a tempo owner and damaged six vehicles in DP road, Hadapsar.
The injured victim, Dilip Murlidhar Punde (36) from Malwadi, owns two tempos and has been parking his vehicles at a spot on the said road. Punde was standing near his tempos when five local youths confronted him for parking the vehicles at the spot and physically assaulted him. Police arrested the five youths for offences ranging from unlawful assembly and rioting to causing hurt.
