Vadodara: Neighbours fight over elevator use

VADODARA: Excessive use of elevator in a residential building in Manjalpur here resulted in a brawl between two neighbours.
Pravinchandra Vaghela, a committee member of the building, who asked his neighbour to cough up more money, lodged a complaint of criminal intimidation and under The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against him for allegedly abusing and trying to attack the complainant.
According to Vaghela, his neighbour Hitesh Shah, who lives on the eighth floor of Kshama Heights, indulges in excessive use of elevator on Thursday evening as many people visit his place. Vaghela told police that Shah is a follower of Sai Baba due to which people visit his house for prayers. Vaghela and other committee members had asked Shah several times to ask his guests to take staircases or conduct prayer sessions at another location. Police said too much use of elevator was resulting in high maintenance cost and electricity bill for the building.
On Thursday too, several people visited Shah’s house due to which the elevator was used multiple times by his guests. Vaghela told police that when he went to talk to Shah, his son Vishesh used abusive language and tried to attack him with a wooden stick. While Vaghela managed to escape the attack, the father-son duo used casteist slur for him in front of other neighbours and threatened him of dire consequences.
Due to such behaviour, Vaghela held meeting with residents of the building and approached police on Friday.