Vadodara: A notorious bootlegger was among four persons booked on Monday for snapping the cable network of an operator living on Waghodiya Road and assaulting him over a past business rift.
The cable operator Vikram Pandey told police that the accused Chetan Kahar, bootlegger Vikram Chawda and their two accomplices beat him up when he went to confront Kahar on Sunday night over snapping his cables. Kahar too is a cable operator and the duo also had a fight in the past over competition in the cable television business.
Pandey was informed by his associate that Kahar and the other accused had snapped the connection and were creating a ruckus at Vaikunth Society on Waghodiya Road. On reaching Vaikunth Society, when Pandey questioned Kahar’s action, he was threatened and beaten up with iron pipes. Pandey was rescued by locals and taken to SSG Hospital. In the melee, he also lost his gold chain.
Pandey later called police control room to lodge a complaint when Chawda came to his home to threaten him. Based on Pandey’s complaint, an offence of assault, causing hurt and criminal intimidation was registered against four persons.