MEERUT: A routine visit by the power department officials to collect overdue electricity bills spiralled into chaos when the family – a couple, and their son along with an unidentified friend – beat them up with sticks and unleashed their two large pet dogs upon them in Bulandshahr on Thursday evening. They even pulled out a gun to chase the team away.
A team from Pashchimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (PVVNL) – including junior engineer Jyoti Bhaskar Sinha, sub-divisional officer Reena, employees Sudheer Kumar and Mohd Iqbal, driver Mohd Irshad – had visited the house of Rajendra Chaudhary in the city’s Gyan Lok colony to recover a pending bill exceeding Rs 3.5 lakh.Rajendra, his wife Kavita, son Vishal, and his friend not only refused to settle the bill but also thrashed them with sticks and let loose their ferocious dogs – a German Shepherd and a Labrador, sources said – on them.
While Sinha sustained injuries from both the dog attack and a beating with sticks, his colleagues sustained minor injuries in the brawl that ensued when they tried to rescue Sinha. Talking to TOI, Sinha said, “We had asked the family to pay the dues to the tune of Rs 3.57 lakh, but instead they started abusing us and got into a brawl with my team. That is when Vishal and his friend unleashed their pet dogs on us. They pounced on me and bit my hand. As I fell, the family attacked me with sticks and iron rods, leaving bruises and injuries all over my back. They even chased us with a gun in hand.”
SP (city) Surendra Nath Tiwari said, “An FIR has been registered at Bulandshahr police station under IPC Sections 289 (negligent conduct with respect to animals), 323 and 324 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 and 506 (criminal intimidation) against the family and the unidentified accomplice.” He added that teams are pursuing the accused who are currently on the run.
A team from Pashchimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (PVVNL) – including junior engineer Jyoti Bhaskar Sinha, sub-divisional officer Reena, employees Sudheer Kumar and Mohd Iqbal, driver Mohd Irshad – had visited the house of Rajendra Chaudhary in the city’s Gyan Lok colony to recover a pending bill exceeding Rs 3.5 lakh.Rajendra, his wife Kavita, son Vishal, and his friend not only refused to settle the bill but also thrashed them with sticks and let loose their ferocious dogs – a German Shepherd and a Labrador, sources said – on them.
While Sinha sustained injuries from both the dog attack and a beating with sticks, his colleagues sustained minor injuries in the brawl that ensued when they tried to rescue Sinha. Talking to TOI, Sinha said, “We had asked the family to pay the dues to the tune of Rs 3.57 lakh, but instead they started abusing us and got into a brawl with my team. That is when Vishal and his friend unleashed their pet dogs on us. They pounced on me and bit my hand. As I fell, the family attacked me with sticks and iron rods, leaving bruises and injuries all over my back. They even chased us with a gun in hand.”
SP (city) Surendra Nath Tiwari said, “An FIR has been registered at Bulandshahr police station under IPC Sections 289 (negligent conduct with respect to animals), 323 and 324 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 and 506 (criminal intimidation) against the family and the unidentified accomplice.” He added that teams are pursuing the accused who are currently on the run.