8 injured in clash over parking space outside MP’s residence
NEW DELHI: At least eight people, including two women, were injured early on Saturday morning in a clash between two groups over parking space at Janpath in Lutyens’ Delhi.
Police said the clash broke out around 2.30am, near a hotel where a group of friends had come to celebrate a birthday party. Most of the accused, the police claimed, were drunk.
The two injured women alleged that they were molested too during the clash with some men from the other group tearing their clothes. The police later arrested all those involved on the charges of rioting and unlawful assembly.
One of the arrested accused, police sources said, also tried to pull rank later by claiming to be the relative of a former Haryana chief minister. The youth, identified as Sidharth Sanewa, 22, further went on to claim to be residing in the bungalow —outside which the clash took place — that reportedly had been allotted to his uncle, a former Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha MP. Senior police officers said they were verifying the claims and background of the man.
A senior police officer said the October 6, 2012: A 30-yearold man, Vineet, was stabbed to death and his cousin, Sachin, seriously injured by neighbours following a row over parking a car outside the victim’s house in Ghonda village in northeast Delhi.
July 20, 2012: An auto rickshaw driver brutally assaulted Medhanshu Tripathi, 39, a incident took place when one of the accused, identified as Naveen, and four of his friends, had come to celebrate a birthday party at a luxury hotel on Friday night. They had come in a Swift Dzire and Honda City car which they parked on the footpath outside an MP’s bungalow and went to the hotel.
“Around 2.30 am, they returned to their cars and were about to leave Delhi high court lawyer, outside New Delhi railway station after the man asked him to move his vehicle.
May 28, 2012: A businessman, Naresh Gupta, who owned a flour mill in Karol Bagh, was murdered by two people in Karol Bagh following an argument over parking of a rickshaw when one Sidharth approached them. He introduced himself as an occupant of the bungalow and scolded them for parking their cars right outside the bungalow causing him inconvenience in parking his SUV inside,” said the police officer.
An argument broke out soon after which later turned ugly. Sidharth called two of friends to the spot and the two groups clashed with each other. A passerby called the police control room after which a police team arrived and separated them.
“All the eight were taken into custody and sent to a government hospital for medical examination. It was found that some of them were drunk. We registered a case and arrested all of them,” said the senior officer.
THE WOMEN CLAIMED THAT THEY WERE MOLESTED DURING THE CLASH WITH SOME MEN FROM THE OTHER GROUP TEARING THEIR CLOTHES