Nine persons, including the chairman of the Sampla municipal committee, were arrested today for allegedly beating a toll plaza employee on Rohtak-Delhi road near Rohad village of Jhajjar district.
As per the police, the Sampla municipal committee chairman Sudhir Kumar had refused to pay the toll tax for his car and misbehaved with Feroze Khan, an employee of the toll plaza last night. Later Kumar called his friends from Sampla and they beat up the employee and misbehaved with the security guards. They also vandalized the toll booth.
The incident was recorded in CCTV camera installed at the toll plaza, police said. The accused have been identified as Sudhir, Naveen, Mukesh, Ravi, Ashish, Satpal, Kapil, Anil and Gangadhar. All are residents of Sampla of Rohtak district, they said.
The accused have been arrested, police added.
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