Ghaziabad: A former member of the apartment owners’ association of GH-7 in Crossings Republik was punched and kicked by a resident of the same housing society inside a lift, police said.The victim, Deepak Chopra, filed a complaint regarding the matter at the Crossings Republik police station and the accused, Prahlad Kumar, was arrested.According to Chopra’s complaint, he used to serve as the treasurer of the apartment owners’ association earlier. After he sent his children to school on Wednesday morning, he got on the lift to go back to his house. Kumar, who was in the same lift, began a conversation about the upkeep of the facilities in the housing society and accused him of corruption.The argument escalated into a physical attack and Kumar kicked and punched Chopra inside the closed lift. The incident was captured on CCTV cameras and was shared widely.ACP Priyashree Pal said Chopra later filed a police complaint after which Kumar was arrested.
