Farmers Movement Archive

Man brandishes gun at Lalpur toll plaza in US Nagar

Rudrapur: A man brandished a gun at Lalpur toll plaza located on National Highway-74 in Udham Singh Nagar district after stepping out of a car on Tuesday. It is alleged that the accused along with his three aides earlier attacked the toll plaza employees. The police were informed and held one of the accused while others fled the spot. Toll plaza’s supervisor Anurag Kumar told the police that four men, who were travelling in a Creta, refused to pay the toll amount while passing through the plaza at Lalpur on Kichha road. When Kumar insisted on the payment, the accused allegedly tried to mow him down. The supervisor was, however, driven on the bonnet for a few metres. After the toll plaza staff heard the commotion, both the groups gathered and got into a fight. One of the assailants took out a pistol, brandished at the employees and challenged them to collect the toll. The whole incident was captured in a CCTV camera installed at the booth. Talking to TOI, superintendent of police (SP) city, Devendra Pincha, said that the police have detained one of the accused identified as Arjun Singh, a resident of Matkhera village in UP’s Bilaspur. “Arjun Singh was stopped by toll plaza employees as his car did not have a FASTag. He moved the car to another lane but refused to pay the charges claiming to be a participant of the ongoing farmers' protest at Delhi borders, which led to a skirmish between them. We have recovered an air pistol from him which he used to intimidate the plaza employees,” Pincha added. Singh has been booked under sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (provocation to cause the break of public peace) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code. "The case was registered after we received a complaint from the toll plaza employees and a probe has been ordered,” the SP Pincha said.

The Times of India

2021-01-20

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