By IANS
New Delhi : The Delhi Police will use cameras to catch rogue bikers who perform dangerous stunts and cause trouble to people on city roads during the annual commemorative processions of the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, to be celebrated on Friday this year.
“Every year hundreds of such riders take to the streets (on this occasion) and perform dangerous stunts posing threat to people and themselves. This year we have clearly instructed our officials to video-record their activities,” said Delhi Police spokesman Rajan Bhagat.
“The decision was taken to get all these bikers punished under appropriate sections of laws,” Bhagat told IANS Thursday.
In July, around 150 youths, all from affluent families, rode swanky bikes and unleashed a spell of terror in the Connaught Place and Mandir Marg area of New Delhi at dangerous speed to have fun at the cost of others.
They also had the police chasing them for hours.
The youths, all from west Delhi, had come to the Jain Dhaba eatery, close to the Connaught Place police station, in the middle of the night after attending the Gurudwara Banglasaheb Gurupurab celebrations nearby.
Police officials said besides harassing and abusing families gathered at restaurants nearby, some of these youths even robed strollers. They didn’t stop there and roughed up the dhaba owner after he refused to serve them food as he had closed the shop. The dhaba owner had to be hospitalised.
The bikers also beat journalists, who were covering the incident.
The drama only ended after police managed to arrest at least 45 of them. Later, a city court granted bail to the youths on personal bonds of Rs.25,000 each and the condition that they perform community service.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) R.K. Pandey Thursday said people should avoid taking select roads in central Delhi from 10 a.m. to 12 noon as a large number of devotees are expected to participate in the procession.
The capital’s areas through which the procession will pass are – Parade Ground, Esplanade road, Chandani Chowk, Fatehpuri, Khari Baoli, Qutab Road Chowk, Azad Market, Rani Jhansi Road, Roshanara Road, Ghanta Ghar, GT Road and Shakti Nagar Chowk.