Hooligans scuffled with section residents, hurled brew bottles and stones and vandalised houses and vehicles

Manikaran/Kullu: Over 100 miscreants from Punjab created a ruckus and rampaged astatine Manikaran connected Sunday night.

Miscreants were carrying flags and besides created a riot-like concern successful the spiritual town.

Hooligans scuffled with the section residents, hurled brew bottles, stones and broke windowpanes of the houses and vandalised vehicles parked connected the roadside.

As per the eyewitnesses, immoderate miscreants from Punjab were consuming intoxicant and reportedly hurled brew bottles towards the Naina Mata temple and connected the road. On being countered by a section boy, they thrashed him connected the caput with a brew vessel and besides assaulted him with a rod.

After the section residents tried to halt them, miscreants went connected a rampage and vandalised temples, houses and vehicles. They started warring with everyone contiguous there, creating a ruckus successful the marketplace. They forcibly entered an eatery and misbehaved with those contiguous there.

Though, section residents didn’t retaliate but demanded strict enactment successful the case.

Meanwhile, constabulary person registered FIR nether Sections 147, 148, 149 and 427 of the IPC and Section 3 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act. However, didn’t marque immoderate arrests truthful far. Police is analysing CCTV footage to nab the miscreants.