MUMBAI: Police questioned a 14-year-old boy following an alleged argument outside a Cuffe Parade building after he was purportedly refused drinking water by its security guard early on Thursday.
A police constable on patrol duty was told by a guard, Suraj Chaudhary (21), that a boy had been detained for causing trouble. The constable took both of them to Cuffe Parade police station.
The questioning revealed that the boy, from Ambedkar Nagar in Cuffe Parade, was returning home with friends and asked the guard for water around 2am. The guard refused and an altercation allegedly ensued. The boy sustained a head injury.
Since the boy has no parents and needed medical aid, he was admonished and handed over to his grandmother. No complaint was filed. A search for the other boys yielded no results.
Dr Laura Dsouza, president of Cuffe Parade Residents Association, said housing societies in the area had let slum residents take water from their common use taps during the pandemic as a goodwill gesture. She alleged that the boys pelted stones after being denied entry.
You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Mumbai | Silver Rate in Mumbai | Bank Holidays in Mumbai | Public Holidays in Mumbai | Mumbai AQI | Weather in Mumbai | Petrol Price in Mumbai | Diesel Price in Mumbai | CNG Price in Mumbai | LPG Price in Mumbai
Stay updated with the latest Mumbai news. Download the TOI App.
About the Author
Mateen Hafeez
Mateen Hafeez, special correspondent at The Times of India in Mumbai, reports on terrorism, underworld, cybercrime and organized crime syndicates. He also writes about the jails in Maharashtra and focuses on human interest stories. He has covered the Ghatkopar bomb blast, Vile Parle bomb blast, Mulund train blast, train serial blasts in 2006, 26/11 terror attacks and Pune's German Bakery bomb blast. He has a special interest in Urdu fiction written by Ibn-e-Safi.
