Video of youths vandalising grave in Ghaziabad goes viral, 1 arrested

GHAZIABAD: A man has been arrested after a video showing a group of youths vandalising a grave in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad surfaced on social media, police said on Tuesday. The footage, which officials say is around two months old but went viral on Monday, shows several young men demolishing a grave that had been constructed on a road in the Bihari Nagar area under the GT Road police station limits. In the video, six youths can be seen using hammers to break the structure while raising slogans, police said. An FIR was registered at Ghaziabad police station on Monday, and a suspect identified as Adarsh Dubey, 28, has been arrested. Police said efforts are under way to trace and apprehend the others seen in the video. Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Upasna Pandey said that when the video gained traction an FIR was registered by sub-inspector Ankit Rathore. A preliminary investigation has revealed that the incident took place two months ago. According to the footage, the group used a rickshaw to transport the rubble away from the site. Police have confirmed that no debris from the grave remains in the lane of the colony. Some residents told police that a grave had existed in the colony until a few days ago, but that it is no longer there. Police teams are tracing the miscreants and they will also be arrested soon, ACP Pandey said.