Three persons have been booked for bursting firecrackers during New Year celebrations in Lajpat Nagar, the police said on Wednesday.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (South-East) Chinmoy Biswal said that to ensure compliance with the directives of the Supreme Court regarding bursting of firecrackers, teams from all police stations sensitised RWAs and locals on the occasion of New Year to carry out celebrations responsibly.
Around 1.30 a.m. on Tuesday, policemen on patrolling duty in Lajpat Nagar spotted three persons bursting firecrackers outside their house. The policemen asked them to stop bursting those but they allegedly did not listen to the police personnel.
“The police arrested Rohit Brijlani, a resident of Sunlight Colony, Nikhil Kakkar and his brother Lalit Kakkar, residents of Lajpat Nagar, for bursting crackers. A plastic sack containing firecrackers was also seized from their possession,” said Mr. Biswal.
During interrogation, accused Mr. Brijlani said that Mr. Nikhil Kakkar and Mr. Lalit Kakkar are his cousins. They all work with a private company.
The accused also said that they had purchased the crackers last year, but owing to the Supreme Court ban on bursting firecrackers as well as strict police vigil, they could not burst those during Diwali.
An FIR under relevant sections of the IPC at Lapat Nagar police station.
The arrested persons were later released on bail.
