<![CDATA[The police have registered an FIR against a group of unknown persons after several videos showing a group damaging a car in west Delhi’s Moti Nagar. The police said that a call was received stating that a car had hit a Kanwariya at 5.38PM on Tuesday near the Moti Nagar metro station and that a group of kanwariyas had started smashing the car with sticks. The police personal which included four PCR and staff from the Moti Nagar police station arrived at the spot within 10 minutes. They found the car damaged and overturned. The 2 passengers of the car had managed to escape the violent crowd. Locals said that the car was being driven by a woman, who had a male passenger. The police recovered the CCTV footage of the incident from a nearby shop.It was found during investigation, that one of the Kanwariyas was hit by a car at a red light. Following this a heated argument broke out between the Kanwariyas and the occupants of the car. As the argument continued the occupants of the car came out and the woman allegedly slapped one of the Kanwariyas, which further agitated the pilgrims. After this a large group of Kanwariyas gathered at the spot and started smashing the car. The occupants of the car rushed into a metro station to save themselves. They have refused to give any complaint in writing. Mr. Vijay Kumar, Deputy Commissioner of Police (west) said that all the facts in the case has been gathered and after going through accounts of eyewitnesses and CCTV footage, the investigation report has been prepared. Taking cognizance of the situation, an FIR has been registered under IPC Section 427 (causing damage to property) and 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint). He added that the police teams are gathering evidences such as mobile clips from various sources to identify the people involved in damaging the car. He said that the policemen seen in the video were trying to pacify the agitators and waiting for reinforcement to come to control the situation.]]>
