UP: Tauheed Ali shoots sanitation worker for "disturbing his sleep" with Swachhta song on loudspeakers
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Ghaziabad, June 1: The Ghaziabad police arrested a man identified as Tauheed Ali for opening fire at two sanitation workers in Loni Nagar Palika’s while doing their duty of door-to-door waste collection vehicle. Both the workers were left unharmed.
According to police, the 48-year-old was annoyed by the Swachhta song from the loudspeakers of the vehicle, which disturbed his sleep. 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.
Tauheed Ali shoots sanitation worker for disturbing his sleep with Swachhata Abhiyan Song, which was being played in their waste collection vehicle in U.P.
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Ironically, He doesn't have problem when his men disturb others by unnecessarily screaming 5 times a day on loudspeaker ! pic.twitter.com/zmgQ0hBoNF
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.