Evicted, mechanic damages lawyer’s car

Ahmedabad: A lawyer practising in the Gujarat high court on Monday filed a complaint alleging that a garage mechanic had pelted stones at his car and damaged it, over their two-year-old dispute. Chitrajeet Upadhyay, 43, a resident of Satellite, in his FIR with Sola police said that he practises in the Gujarat high court and has an office in the Satyamev 2 building near Kargil Crossroads. On Monday morning, when Upadhyay’s driver Mahesh Rabari was driving and he was sitting in the passengers’ seat, someone threw a stone at his car. Upadhyay said Pravin Patel, who is a mechanic, threw the stone and damaged his right window glass. He said Patel rushed to him and began abusing him. Patel threw another stone at the car and damaged the rear glass.Upadhyay said Patel also threatened to kill him, after which he called the police control room. He said Patel used to run a garage outside the Satyamev 2 complex. As he used to make the space filthy, Upadhyay got him to vacate it. Upadhyay also said that Patel had attacked a guard on February 15. Sola police registered a case of endangering human life, using abusive words, criminal intimidation and causing damage against Patel.