Overview
- Early Friday morning residents in Ganpati Pada, Kalwa, found about ten cars with windows and windshields smashed and reported the damage to Kalwa police.
- The damaged vehicles included several expensive models and neighbours say the pattern follows two similar incidents in recent days.
- Police registered a non-cognisable report and say investigators are using local intelligence and available CCTV to identify and apprehend the perpetrators.
- Hundreds of residents protested at Kalwa police station and formally demanded immediate arrests, stricter punishment, and increased night patrolling in the locality.
- Local people and reporters point to a severe shortage of designated parking that forces cars onto public roads and increases vulnerability to vandalism and anti-social groups.