Irked by Swachhta song, man shoots sanitation staff in Ghaziabad; arrested
The incident took place around 7.30 am Sunday, when a waste collection vehicle was passing the suspect’s house.
The Ghaziabad police on Sunday arrested a 48-year-old man for allegedly opening fire at two sanitation workers attached with Loni Nagar Palika’s door-to-door waste collection vehicle, police said, adding that both the workers were left unharmed.
According to police, the suspect was annoyed by the Swachhta jingle from the loudspeakers of the vehicle, which disturbed his sleep.
The suspect, identified as Tauheed Ali, a retired Border Security Force (BSF) personnel residing in Kanchan Park, has been booked under Section 307 (attempt to murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The incident took place around 7.30 am, when a waste collection vehicle was passing the suspect’s house. The vehicle had two cleaning staff members, identified as Rohit Kumar, and his co-driver, Raj Kumar, said police.
According to Rohit, the suspect had previously requested him to turn off the song when the vehicle passed his house. “When our vehicle was passing his house, the man started objecting. Despite attempts to explain that turning off the song would prevent other residents from being alerted, he became violent and started assaulting us. He later retreated into his house and returned with a revolver,” the driver said.
Rohit said, “He threatened to kill us and also behaved aggressively towards other residents. After two shots missed us, we fled, leaving the vehicle behind.” Raj added, “Although he had previously asked us not to play the song, today he unexpectedly opened fire at us with the intention to kill. Thankfully, his shots missed us. One of the bullets narrowly missed my co-driver’s head, but he managed to avoid injury by ducking.”
Rajneesh Kumar Upadhyaya, ACP (Loni) said, police have registered an FIR against the suspect.
“The suspect used his licenced revolver in the attack. After his arrest, we will also recommend revoking his arms licence. He retired from the BSF and claimed that the sound from the waste collection vehicle disturbed his sleep and made him angry,” ACP Upadhyaya added.
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