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Ghaziabad
A day after two movies displaying a number of men consuming alcohol and flaunting guns on the Hindon elevated road went viral, police on Monday arrested 5 folks on this connection, officers stated. Two police personnel had been additionally suspended for neglection of responsibility.
On Sunday, police had lodged two FIRs in opposition to the suspects, a few of whom additionally fired within the air, one of many movies confirmed.
Police stated that the prime suspect, Raja Chaudhary, 27, operates two gyms in Ghaziabad and the proprietor of the SUV seen within the video (or each the movies?), whereas the arms belonged to his two non-public safety guards.
The opposite arrested accused had been recognized as Chaudhary’s associates — Rohit Sethi, 29, and Akash Sirohi, 22 — and the 2 safety guards, Santosh Thakur, 40, and Arun Chauhan, 33.
One accused on this connection was presently absconding, police stated.
In the meantime, the Ghaziabad police in a press release on Monday night stated {that a} head constable and a constable from Indirapuram police station had been additionally suspended in reference to the incident as they had been posted on responsibility on the elevated road and failed to stop the incident.
The primary FIR in opposition to the men was registered below sections 147, 148 and 149 for rioting, 341 (wrongful restraints) and likewise provisions of the Felony Legislation (Modification) Act.
“This FIR was registered in reference to the primary video wherein the men had been seen with glasses of liquor of their palms and dancing whereas flaunting weapons. The 2 guns seen within the video had been of Chaudhary’s non-public safety guards. Chaudhary operates two gyms with title ‘24 health’ at Kavi Nagar and Chiranjeev Vihar. The SUV and the guns have additionally been seized,” stated Diksha Sharma, DCP (trans-Hindon).
“The 2 weapons are licensed weapons and we’re sending suggestion for cancellation of their arms licenses.”
Police stated that the second FIR was additionally registered below the provisions of the Arms Act in opposition to Chaudhary and guard Santosh Thakur after a second video confirmed a person allegedly loading a gun in his SUV and firing in air close to Swarn Jayanti Park in Indirapuram.
The movies had been newest in sequence of such incidents going down on the ten.3km elevated road which is presently not below CCTV surveillance.