Black film drive: 14 out of 20 challaned vehicles had weapons

PANCHKULA: The drive to remove black films from cars has thrown up a startling fact — many youths carry blunt and sharp edged weapons with them. When the Panchkula police challaned cars of youths with tinted glasses, these had baseball bats, hockey sticks and special sluggers with nails, in them. Not just boys, even girls keep themselves suitably armed in their vehicles.Out of the 20 challaned in Panchkula, 14 had weapons.
“During our drive, we discovered that most youths were carrying these weapons in the dickey. We found these only when we removed tints and checked the cars. These youths are in the age-group of 20 to 23,” said in charge of Panchkula traffic police, Inspector Ajay Disodia. He added, “We also saw that besides simple weapons, some special weapons were also discovered, a slugger attached with nails. When we questioned them, they came up with a variety of reasons. While some said they were going to play baseball, others claimed that they needed it for safety.” The officer also said they might have prevented a number of crimes which were scheduled to take place by this drive. “These are college-going students and in order to become daring they carry weapons. They use these weapons to threaten others,” said another officer.
The drive was carried near the toll tax barrier and Mansa Devi Complex in Sector 5, Panchkula on Tuesday. “Such weapons are usually recovered from youths during elections at Panjab University and other colleges, but now they have started carrying this in routine. This is a very disturbing trend,” added Disodia.