BENGALURU: Whitefield Division police on Friday arrested seven residents including two women of Kadugodi on charges of barging into an apartment block and assaulting people who were celebrating the Navaratri festival. Tension prevailed at Isha Misty Green apartment at Channasandra following the act of vandalism. The residents were reportedly upset as the revelers were playing loud music while celebrating Navaratri.
The arrested are identified as Muniswamy, Srinivas Gowda, Omprakash Gowda, Anil, Vinod, Shashikala and Hemavathi. All are residents of Channasandra and are drivers while the women are housewives. The accused also filed a counter-complaint against the residents of Isha Misty Green apartment.
A senior police officer said that on Thursday night around 9 pm the residents who live nearby the apartment heard loud music playing and upset over this, a group of fifty men broke open the main gate of the apartment and assaulted those were dancing. They also hit young boys at the venue. Kadugodi police were alerted about the incident and some of them were detained following the incident while others ran away as soon as police reached the spot.
A case of trespassing and assault was registered and in their counter complaint, the accused have said that the apartment residents were disturbing the peace with loud music. The action is yet to be taken against the residents of apartment and two policemen were deployed at the apartment premises to prevent any further untoward incidents.