Rajasthan: Dhaba gets fired at by 3 over ‘bhindi ki sabzi’

JAIPUR: Three youths in an inebriated condition fired at a refrigerator in a highway dhaba near Kotputli after the staff could not serve their favourite dinner dish - ‘bhindi ki sabzi’.
Kotputli deputy SP Dinesh Kumar Yadav said, “At least a dozen youths had arrived at Sharma Dhaba located next to Kotputli powerhouse on NH-48 at 9.30pm on Thursday. The youths asked the staff to prepare ‘bhindi (okra) sabzi’.
The staff replied that the dish was not on the day’s menu because the kitchen did not have the vegetable in the stock. The angry youths were affronted and let out a stream of invectives at the staff. They left with a dire warning of “dekh lenge” (we will see).
Three of the youths from the group returned to the same dhaba a few hours later. Shortly after 12.30am, they fired one shot from a country-made pistol that struck the refrigerator of the eatery.
The accused hurriedly snatched Rs 78,000 from the shop’s cash box following a scuffle with the staff and manager Mukesh Kumar Sharma.
As per the police, the three suspects then scurried off into the culverts of Sabi river. Senior police officials, led by DSP Yadav, rushed to the place with heavily armed police teams. They laid a cordon and began searching for the accused. “All the accused were arrested and taken out from the culvert,” Yadav said.
The accused have been identified as Om Prakash alias Omi (23), a resident of Nangal Panditpura in Kotputli; Vijay Gurjar (19), a resident of Mohalla Badabas near Kotputli; and Sumer Kumar alias Kalu (20), a resident of a locality behind the powerhouse in Kotputli.
Police said the accused were heavily drunk and had threatened the staff that if they don’t cook 'bhindi ki sabzi', they would teach them a lesson. The Kotputli police are examining the criminal record of the accused.
On Thursday, another similar firing incident had taken place in the Kotputli area when a student, suspended from his school, had fired at a teacher.