Noida woman who abused security guard sent to 14-day judicial custody

 Sunday, August 21, 2022,

New Delhi: The woman, who was identified as Bhavya Rai, a lawyer by profession, was arrested for allegedly abusing security personnel in Jaypee Wish Town, Noida Sector 128.

Soon after the incident, a case was registered following the complaint by the guard.

She was booked under sections 153A, 323, 504, 505(2), and 506 of IPC. She had earlier been detained by the police for questioning.

The viral video is taken from Twitter

Police sources indicated that they wanted to impound the car but she insisted on driving it. Rules say she should have been taken in a police car.  

She was later produced in court and placed in judicial custody for 14 days.

The woman was trying to exit Jaypee Wishtown society in Noida's Sector 126 yesterday when there was a delay in opening the gates. "It took some time to open the gate and Madam was waiting. There was nothing else. So she started shouting and hurling abuses," Karan Chaudhary, a security guard, told reporters. 

Bhavya Rai has been arrested in Gautam Budh Nagar near Delhi after an altercation with the security guard of her residential society. A video from the spot, which was widely circulated on social media, showed Bhavya Rai shouting expletives, making indecent gestures and threatening and manhandling one of the security guards. A later video showed her driving away to the police station in her own car, with the police seated inside.

A case has been filed and the woman has been accused under Indian Penal Code sections 153A (acts prejudicial to harmony), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult to provoke breach of public peace), 506 (criminal intimidation), among others, the police said.

Karan Chaudhary, a guard of the society who claimed that he made the video and submitted it to supervisors, said, "The security guard was a little late in opening the gate when the woman was taking her car out of the parking. She started creating a ruckus over this and abused him. When I came to know about the incident, I rushed toward the gate where I captured the video on my phone and showed it to my senior. The police were informed about the incident." Society secretary Ankit Kuchhal said that the woman had relocated to the housing society earlier this year.

"Bhavya Rai relocated to this society earlier in May this year. She is a lawyer by profession. We have contacted the owner of her flat and necessary action by the society will be taken," he said.

Treasurer of the society, Anshu Gupta said that the preparations are underway to vacate her flat and the owner of the flat is cooperating with the officials doing the same.

"It looked as if she was drunk. After the incident, we are preparing to evict her from society by informing the house owner about the incident. The renter has cooperated. As of now, FIR has been registered against the woman in Noida Sector 126 police station. The probe into the matter is underway," she said

Source: freepressjournal  ET Economics Times