Media roughed up by parents of rave party revellers

Pune, Mar 6 (UNI) Irate parents, relatives and friends of the rave party revellers today manhandled mediapersons, especially from the electronic media, who were trying to catch a glimpse of the six accused, including two girls, who were released from Yerwada jail after getting bail.

They damaged cameras of mediapersons but the police did not intervene.

The remaining persons will be released after completion of formalities tomorrow.

During the day, parents and relatives of the partygoers were seen completing formalities and furnishing a bond of Rs 15,000. The passports of some of the revellers have been impounded.

On Sunday, rural police had arrested around 280 rave party revellers for allegedly consuming drugs. Of the arrested, around seven have been remanded to police custody. The party revellers were given invites on a website and many came from different parts of the country. The involvement of an international drug syndicate is being investigated.

UNI