Home Minister says vehicles wrongly parked in B'luru to be towed; shop-keepers glad, people worried
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Bengaluru: Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara’s announcement on Tuesday that wrongfully parked vehicles would be towed to handle traffic congestion in the city drew mixed response from the people, with shop-keepers welcoming the move but citizens expressing concern.
Shop owners in various parts of the city, including Brigade Road, Commercial Street and Malleswaram, have welcomed the government decision.
Residents, however, are recollecting cases of vehicles being damaged and the owners of the towed vehicles being harassed by authorities prior to a ban on towing in 2022. They are also worried about mistreatment by traffic police officers while forcibly towing the vehicles, according to a report in Deccan Herald.
A resident of Nagarbhavi recalled that her four-wheeler was towed away from Indiranagar in 2021 and returned with scratches on the front door and a broken side-view mirror. The owner added that the police not only insisted that the damage existed prior to the towing but also refused to listen to her arguments.
Recalling the rude behavior of police officers, another vehicle owner said that the police officials who got her two-wheeler towed from Infantry Road told her that the vehicle was on Dickenson Road. When she went to Dickenson Road, however, she met a very rude officer. She added that the officer insisted that she bring her parents or husband, although she was an adult, to get her two-wheeler back. The officer also demanded a bribe, but withdrew when the people around noticed his behavior and questioned him about the matter.
Other owners have complained that their vehicles were returned with punctured tyres as the police dragged the vehicles across the road.
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Four more arrested in brigadier assault case in Delhi
New Delhi (PTI): Four more accused have been arrested in connection with the alleged assault on an Army brigadier, his son and threatening his wife in southwest Delhi's Vasant Enclave area, police said on Friday.
The accused have been identified as Surjit Singh (36), Sunil Sharma (53) and Ashish (32), all from Mehram Nagar in Delhi, and Satender (35) of Bhiwani in Haryana, police said.
According to police, Surjit Singh was known to the main accused Satender, a director of an aviation company. All of them were sitting together in Mehram Nagar when Satender called them regarding a quarrel in Vasant Enclave.
"Following the call, all four left for the spot in Surjit's white Hyundai Aura. After reaching there, they got involved in the altercation and assault before returning to their respective homes," a senior police officer said.
After learning about the registration of the case, the accused fled and went into hiding, he said.
"Teams were constituted to trace them and all four absconding accused were arrested," he said.
The Hyundai Aura used in the incident has also been recovered, police said.
Further investigation into the case is underway. The role of each accused is being examined, they said.
According to the investigators, the incident took place on the night of April 11, when the brigadier and his son objected to the two men allegedly consuming alcohol inside a car parked outside their residence. Soon, others reached the spot and allegedly assaulted the officer and his son, besides abusing and threatening his wife.
