Two-wheelers, car set on fire in Sec 45
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 30
In a brazen incident, some unidentified miscreants set six two-wheelers, including five motorcycles and a scooter, and a car on fire in Sector 45 on the intervening night of March 29 and 30.
The incident took place around 1.15 am in Sector 45-D when area residents woke up following a loud blast. They were shocked to see a car and a motorcycle set ablaze in one block, while four motorcycles and a scooter were set on fire in the next.
The police and fire department were informed about the incident.
A fire tender from the Sector 32 fire station was immediately pressed into service to douse the leaping flames.
Manish Bayal whose Maruti 800 was completely charred, said, “I was up till 12.30 am and the security alarm of my car started beeping. I switched it off and went to sleep. Around 1.15 am, my neighbours woke me up to inform that my car had been set on fire.” Bayal had bought the car a week ago to train himself in driving.
He said caps of liquor bottles caps were found from near his car.
“It seems the assailants were drunk and randomly set vehicles on fire,” he added.
Deepak Kumar, whose motorcycle was set on fire, said, “Before anyone could react, the accused managed to flee from the spot.”
Sources said the miscreants probably used petrol to set the vehicles on fire.
“Petrol from around half a dozen motorbikes was stolen on the same night. It seems the accused used it to set the vehicles ablaze”, said a local resident.
Though a CCTV camera was also installed at a house, it failed to capture the footage of the accused.
Meanwhile, a case under Sections 435 (mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to cause damage to amount of 100 or 10 rupees) and 34 (act done by several persons in furtherance of common intention), IPC, has been registered at the Sector 34 police station. The police are investigating the incident.
loud blast at 1.15 am
The incident took place around 1.15 am in Sector 45-D when residents woke up following a loud blast. They were shocked to see a car and a motorcycle set ablaze in one block, while four motorcycles and a scooter were set on fire in the next.
