Man booked for setting bike on fire at Lalpeth eatery in Chandrapur

A complaint has been filed with the police in Chandrapur over a motorcycle that was allegedly doused with petrol and burnt at an eatery opposite the government engineering college in the Lalpeth area. According to the complaint, the incident took place at around 6 pm on November 12, 2026. A case has been registered at Chandrapur City police station and the investigation is on.

The complainant, Dipesh Ramkhilawan Yadav, lives in Shivaji Ward and in the Bitiyas Plot area of Ballarshah. With his elder brother Deepak, he has run an eatery named "Radhakrishna" opposite the engineering college for the past 15 years. The two brothers manage the business together.

On Thursday, November 12, 2026, at around 12 noon, Deepak Yadav arrived to open the eatery as usual. He had parked his blue-and-red FZ motorcycle, registration number MH 34 CA 2377, in the open space inside the eatery.

According to the complaint, at around 5.30 pm Sahil Singh, who lives at Bypass Chowk in Lalpeth, phoned Dipesh. He allegedly abused him and threatened to kill him. A few minutes later, at around 6 pm, he walked straight into the eatery.

He is alleged to have been carrying a plastic bottle filled with petrol, which he poured over Deepak's parked motorcycle. The complaint says he said at the time: "Don't you know me? I am the dada of this area, I am feared in this area, I will kill you." He then set the motorcycle on fire with a lighter he had with him and fled.

The sudden incident caused panic at the eatery. The motorcycle caught fire and was burnt to ashes within moments, causing a loss of about Rs 10,000. People from the neighbourhood gathered on seeing the flames and smoke.

On receiving the news, Dipesh rushed to the eatery, but by then his motorcycle had been completely burnt. Shaken and angry, he went straight to Chandrapur City police station and filed a detailed complaint about the incident.

On the basis of the complaint, a case has been registered at Chandrapur City police station against the accused, Sahil Singh, under Sections 326(F), 351(3) and 352 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023. Police constable Praveen Chandru Ramteke is investigating the case. A search for the accused is under way under the guidance of Senior Police Inspector Shyam Gavhane.

The incident, in which a man walked into an eatery in broad daylight and spread terror, has left traders and residents of the area fearful.