On May 15, 2023, the Delhi Police arrested three people, namely Abdul Khalid, Mohammed Haseen and Phool Babu, for allegedly attacking and assaulting a PCR van and the PCR staff inside it in the Shastri Park area in northeastern New Delhi.
The Delhi Police received information on May 15, 2023, at 9:48 PM, that a group of slum dwellers assaulted a PCR Staff and vandalised a PCR van. In response, a police team was sent to the location.
According to a senior police official, it was discovered that the PCR had been dispatched to a reported altercation near the Kabristan Petrol Pump. As the PCR Van was departing with some troublemakers in custody, the local residents encircled the vehicle and inflicted damage upon it.
The PCR staff members were also subjected to physical assault during the incident.
The official stated that a case has been registered at a Shastri Park Police Station under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Three individuals involved in the incident have already been apprehended, while ongoing efforts are being made to identify and arrest the remaining individuals responsible for the attack.
