India, Feb. 7 -- Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday severely reprimanded the city police for the rising crimes in Pune over vehicle vandalism cases which took place in Pune in Laxminagar, Yerawada, Kasba Peth and Kondhwa.

At least twenty-two vehicles were vandalised in Yerawada, five vehicles in Kondhwa and five in Kasab Peth early Thursday morning.

"Apply stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) and parade the hooligans in public which would act as a deterrent," said Pawar was addressing policemen at the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the new Pimpri-Chinchwad police commissionerate complex. "Why are such incidents happening in the city? The anti-social elements are wielding koytas. The police must lau...