Showing hooliganism on the road proved costly, police took the accused to task, eight people including two auto drivers were taken into custody

Dehradun, May 29 (HS). Two auto drivers had to pay a heavy price for showing hooliganism on the road. The police brought both of them to their senses. There was a dispute between the two over dropping passengers. Both the auto drivers had called their friends for fighting and were showing hooliganism on the road. The police have taken eight people into custody on Wednesday. The case is from Basant Vihar police station area.

On the night of 26 May, a video of a fight between two auto drivers in Basant Vihar police station area went viral on social media. SSP Ajay Singh took cognizance of the video and directed the police to take immediate action against the accused. During investigation of the incident, it was found that there was an argument between the first party auto driver Arif Khan resident of Azad Colony and the second party auto driver Hakim Singh resident of Shastri Nagar police station Basant Vihar regarding dropping a passenger near Anurag Chowk. Both of them started abusing and fighting with each other. In this regard, the police have registered a case and detained eight people.

The accused taken into police custody include Hakim Singh (38), son of Nathu Ram, resident of Shastri Nagar Khala, Sujeet Kumar (41), son of Jai Kishore Paswan, resident of 546 Indra Nagar, Nathu Lal (39), son of Hori Lal, resident of 3B Basant Vihar Enclave, Choudhary Pal (28), son of Laturi Pal, resident of Shastri Nagar Khala, Arif Khan (28), son of Gayyur Khan, resident of Sattowali Valley, Atif Khan, son of Afzal Khan and Sahil Khan (25), son of Gayyur Khan, residents of Sattowali Valley, Police Station Basant Vihar, and Sameer (25), son of Chand Khan, resident of Rajiv Nagar Chamanpuri, Police Station Patel Nagar, Dehradun.