Five booked over stone-throwing at Vatika society in Gurugram's Sector 88B

The Gurugram police have taken preventive legal action against five people accused of throwing stones inside Vatika Expression Society in Sector 88B, officials said on Saturday, 7 November 2026. Residents of the society complained that the stones were thrown inside the complex on the night of 6 November. The action has been taken under Sections 126 and 170 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the procedural criminal law that replaced the old Code of Criminal Procedure.

What the police have said

Preventive action is a step taken to stop a disturbance from continuing or recurring. It is not a finding of guilt. The police account says the five people are alleged to have carried out the stone-throwing, and that the matter has not been tried. Four of the five are named in the report; the fifth is not named. No arrests, injuries or damage values were reported, and the status of the five people has not been stated.

A senior police officer, who was not named in the report, said the land next to the society belongs to 4S Builder, where construction is planned. According to the officer, the builder did not have an access route to its land. This led to the demolition of part of the adjoining wall of the Vatika society, so that a portion of the wall was taken into the society's property. This is the police version of events. No court, RERA authority or civil forum has ruled on the boundary.

The officer added: 'the police remain vigilant to maintain law and order in the area.'

The project and the wider group

The police report does not name the Vatika project to which the society belongs. A Haryana RERA search result lists a project called Vatika Express City - Xpressions (Phase-I), with its location given as Sectors 88A and 88B and Vatika Limited as promoter. Other sources spell a Vatika project in Sector 88B as 'Xpressions'. Police have not confirmed that these are the same society, and this report does not treat the link as established.

The developer faces separate matters. On 28 September 2026, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Vatika Group chairman-cum-managing director Anil Bhalla and promoter Gautam Bhalla in a money laundering case. Both were produced before the Special Court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in Gurugram and remanded to ED custody until 3 October. These are allegations under investigation, not convictions. The ED says plots worth about ₹140.73 crore remain undelivered to buyers who paid about ₹260 crore in 2010–2012 for plots in Vatika India Next (Sectors 84/85) and Vatika India Next-2 (Sector 88A).

In February 2026, the National Company Law Tribunal admitted a Section 7 insolvency application filed by IDBI Trusteeship Services Limited against Vatika Limited. The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal's order of 27 March 2026 confined the insolvency proceedings to the Aspirations project, rather than the whole Vatika business.

What it means for buyers and the locality

No statement on the society's safety has been issued by the company, residents' representatives or the regulator. Vatika has not publicly responded to the police action. Buyers in Vatika-linked projects in Sector 88 should check the registration, approvals, possession status and any litigation of the specific project on the Haryana RERA portal, rather than rely on the developer's name or marketing material.

Sector 88B lies in the Dwarka Expressway belt of New Gurgaon. The expressway, also called the Northern Peripheral Road, links Gurugram to Delhi and gives access to Indira Gandhi International Airport. National Highway 48 and the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway are also nearby. A master road linking Sectors 88 and 89, meant to ease travel between NH-8 and Pataudi Road, is under construction. No completion date has been reported for it.

No next step has been announced in the stone-throwing matter. No court date, further arrests, RERA action or response from the builder or the society has been reported. The next point to watch is whether the police move the matter further, and whether the boundary wall dispute between the society and 4S Builder is taken up by a civil court or the regulator.