Three arrested for throwing puja ceremony waste in well

Surat

Locals thrashed three persons who threw puja waste in potable water well in Dumas near Surat in south Gujarat. They were later handed over to local police. They were arrested under IPC section 277.

Dumas-Sultanabad Langar, located on sea coast has only one potable water source which is an open well. At 6.00 pm yesterday one car stopped near the well and three persons who stepped out of the car threw puja ceremony waste in well. As soon as the locals found these persons polluting their drinking water source, they started thrashing them and called Dumas police which arrested them later.

It was learnt that accused Vinubhai Patel who owns marble office in Khatodara area had organized Bahuchar Mata’s puna in his office. The waster of puja ceremony was released at well. Police not only arrested them but also seized their car in this offense.

Those three arrested are Shailesh Trivedi(55) from Mumbai, Vinubhai Patel from Varachha and Jeram Patel from Sarthana.

It should be mentioned that in similar incident last year, two persons were taken to task by local villagers and handed over to police. Locals have installed a sign board and issued instruction not to pollute water in this well as it is used for drinking water purpose.