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Kolkata: Mercedes mows down youth, mob ransacks 70 vehicles

| | Sep 18, 2016, at 07:41 pm
Kolkata, Sept 18 (IBNS): A large number of local people attacked an apartment's parking lot and vandalized as many as 70 cars parked there following a road mishap at Panditia Road area in south Kolkata on Sunday, reports said.

According to reports, a woman-drove Mercedes allegedly collided with a speeding scooter at Hazra Road area in the wee hours of Sunday, killing one of the three riders- Abhijit Yadav- and leaving two others- Ramdev Yadav and Mithilesh Yadav- injured.

Alleging that the killer car's driver took shelter in a nearby apartment, local people vandalized as many as 70 vehicles parked there and the building's security room as well in the morning.

A heavy police force, along with Rapid Action Force (RAF), rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control.

Police have seized the Mercedes, while the woman driver is still absconding.

(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)

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