nagpur the owners of food joints on futala waterfront the prime hangout spot of the city are once again living in a state of fear as their shops are being targeted by antisocial elements three incidents have taken place in last ten days late on the thursday night at 1230am around eight unidentified persons thrashed the guard of a joint apple cuisine and then ransacked the outlet they smashed the front glass panes refrigerator furniture etc while leaving they told the guard to tell his employer to vacate the shop immediately the shop owner rahul nagulwar claimed that the goons were sent by shailen mehta and pankaj rai owners of sell ads nagpur improvement trusts nits waterfront operator in october they had been booked by ambazari police for defrauding the shopkeepers at that time too two shops had been ransacked even though the two are yet to get anticipatory bail the ambazari police has not arrested them nagulwar further said another outlet pestros shack was ransacked last saturday three goons reached the terrace and threw the tables and chairs down and fled before anybody could catch them we showed cctv footage to the police but they didnt take any action he said last week about 30 chairs belonging to goli vadapao were stolen at night this shop was ransacked in october too nagulwar said that if the police did not take action against mehta and rai the shopkeepers would take to streets they will meet police commissioner kk pathak on monday ambazari police have registered a case against unidentified persons and is investigating further