Mumbai: Dispute over property, 41 arrests after security guard opens fire on guards of rival company
They were produced before the court and were remanded to police custody for a day
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According to Agripada police, a plot on the Bapurao Jagtap Marg near Jacob Circle in Agripada has been a subject of dispute between a real estate and pharmaceutical companyTWO SECURITY companies hired by two rival pharmaceutical companies over possession of a plot of land in Agripada got into a fight that led to one of the security guards opening fire from his gun. The other security group then called up the police control room following which an FIR was registered by the Agripada police which arrested 41 persons in connection with the case.
According to Agripada police, a plot on the Bapurao Jagtap Marg near Jacob Circle in Agripada has been a subject of dispute between a real estate and pharmaceutical company. The police said a lower court had ruled in favour of the real estate company and the Bombay High Court had recently sought a status quo on the matter after the pharmaceutical company had gone in appeal.
However, security agencies employed by the two companies got into a dispute on Saturday night around 10pm. As per police, the guards and bouncers belonging to the pharma company allegedly sprayed pepper spray on the guards belonging to the real estate company and threw stones at them.
When the two sides came face-to-face following this, it was alleged that one of the bouncers of the pharma company who had a licensed double-barrel gun fired a round in the direction of the rival security guards following which the latter called up the police control room.
A police team reached the spot and took the accused to the Agripada police station where an FIR was registered against them. Based on the FIR, a total of 41 persons from the security agency representing the pharmaceutical company were placed under arrest. They were produced before the court and were remanded to police custody for a day.
An officer said the real estate company had registered an FIR against the pharmaceutical company officials earlier this year as well after they refused to vacate the plot in spite of a court ruling in their favour.
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