Ghaziabad : Two were allegedly assaulted and one of them threatened at gunpoint after they objected to a group of men bursting firecrackers outside a restaurant in Rajnagar Extension Nov 9 night. Nandgram Police have registered an FIR against two named suspects and several unidentified persons. A video of the incident has surfaced on social media, police said.




According to the complaint filed by Suraj Pal (35) Monday, he and his friend Navneet Kumar (34) were eating outside the Bat and Owl restaurant in Rajnagar Extension when two men, identified as Arjun Khutel , a resident of Guldhar village, and Surya Thakur , a resident of Misalgarhi, allegedly approached the area along with some unidentified persons and attacked them.




According to Ziauddin Ahmad, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Nandgram, the suspects had come in a car and were bursting crackers near the restaurant. When Pal and Kumar objected, the accused attacked them.




Pal alleged that during the assault, Thakur pointed a pistol at Kumar’s head and threatened to kill him. The accused also assaulted both men and threatened to kill them, the complaint stated.




ACP Ahmad said that officials obtained a video of the incident Tuesday, which has been widely circulated online. Police are working to trace the named accused and identify the others through CCTV footage.




Pal further alleged that his gold chain, weighing 22.38 grams, fell off during the assault. He said the incident had left him terrified and mentally distressed and that he feared further attacks.




An FIR has been registered at Nandgram Police Station for voluntarily causing hurt, criminal intimidation, and mischief under BNS.