As many as five cars and a motorcycle that were parked in
Venkataranga Puram 2 cross in Vyalikaval police limits were
damaged by miscreants in the wee hours of Saturday.  Residents
of the area alerted the police after seeing the smashed
windshields, windows and mirrors and saw dents over the
motorbike. Police said that the attack had gone unnoticed as
residents were asleep at the time. They suspect that the
assailants were inebriated and may have been residents of a
nearby slum.  The damages indicate that the miscreants may have
used rods and stones to smash the glass. Residents also told the
police that some rods had been kept near the houses for road
repair work.  The police said that there were no CC TV cameras
in the vicinity thereby making it difficult to identify the
miscreants. Surprisingly, even the car alarms had not gone off
despite the extent of damage done to it. A few police personnel
who were patrolling nearby saw the damaged vehicles around 2.30
am indicating that the incident took place in the