At least 5 safety guards have been injured in a conflict with roadside distributors, who have been requested to vacate a no-vending zone close to India Gate, the police stated on Wednesday.

As per a police assertion, after a PCR name was obtained on Tuesday a couple of quarrel in Children’s Park at Shahjahan Road, a workforce reached the spot and located that personal safety guards and distributors have been arguing because the latter weren’t allowed to promote eatables and had been requested them to vacate the India Gate stretch as it’s a “no-vending zone”.

The police added {that a} New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) truck had reached India Gate at 3.30 p.m. to vacate the carts and kiosks of the distributors, which angered a few of them.

“The vendors started pelting construction materials and sticks on guards,” the police stated.

Some movies circulating on social media of the conflict additionally confirmed the guards thrashing distributors with bricks and sticks.

A case underneath Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 186, 353, 332, 308, and 34 has been registered in opposition to unknown individuals, the police added.