Noida: Seven guards, Lotus Boulevard security head arrested for assault

NOIDA: The security in-charge and seven guards of Lotus Boulevard (LB) were arrested on Thursday for attacking a resident of the Sector 100 housing society with sticks after an argument spiralled into physical assault.
On Wednesday, SK Singh (56) was beaten up by guards after he allegedly slapped one of them for refusing to give him the keys to a junction box without permission from the housing society’s facility management.In some videos of the incident, Singh is seen being assaulted by a group of guards with sticks.
So far, Amlesh Rai, the security in-charge of the housing society, and guards Vikrant Tomar, Pawan Kumar, Dinesh Kumar, Javed Alam, Pankaj Tiwari, Kushal Paliwal and Krishn Kant Shukla -- all employees of CISS-B security agency -- have been arrested. The FIR has been filed at Sector 39 police station. “On Wednesday, they were detained for questioning.
Later, they were arrested. If anyone else’s role in the assault comes to light, we will initiate necessary action,” Rajeev Balyan, SHO of sector 39, said. The men have been booked under IPC sections 147 and 148 (rioting), 308 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 504 (Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and 120B (criminal conspiracy).
A senior police officer said neither the security agency nor the guards had filed any complaint against Singh so far.
Tej Prakash, the president of Lotus Boulevard’s AOA, told TOI that a decision had been taken to replace the security agency, but the process is likely to take at least a month. “CISS-B was hired by the AOA in February 2021. There are 3,000 flats and five entry and exits. So, we need over a hundred guards to man the society.
This is the first time we have received a complaint against the guards deployed at the society or the agency,” Prakash said.