NEW DELHI: Over a dozen people, including women and children, had a narrow escape when a mob attacked a restaurant in Kalkaji in south Delhi on Saturday night. The youths, all working for an app-based food delivery company , attacked the restaurant with helmets, tandoor rods and stones after one of them was asked to park his motorcycle properly by a traffic cop.DCP (southeast) Chinmoy Biswal said that a case has been registered and three youths have been arrested. The incident took place outside the restaurant, Dilli 19 . The owner, Rohit Kubba, said that he has tied up with Swiggy and the delivery boys had parked their motorcycles haphazardly on the road causing a traffic jam.“At 6pm, there was a rush of orders and many delivery boys had come to the restaurant to collect food. A complaint is filed against us in case wrong parking of bikes by delivery boys causes a traffic jam,” Kubba said.An argument ensued when a traffic police officer told one of the delivery boys to park his motorcycle properly. Soon, more delivery boys joined in the argument following which cops told them to leave the area as traffic was piling up.Enraged by the incident, the youths conspired to attack the restaurant at night. In a WhatsApp group chat, others were called to join the attack. It was decided that all of them would assemble around 10.30pm when the restaurant would be about to close and confront the owner.Close to 30 men, armed with helmets and rods, gathered near the restaurant even as some families were having dinner and started throwing rocks at the glass façade. The youths then went berserk smashing the premises with their helmets, tandoor rods and utensils. CCTV footage accessed by TOI shows the youths throwing dustbins and shoving around the restaurant staff to enter the premises.Sensing danger to the dining families, many of whom had come with children, Kubba opened the back gate so that they could escape. The owner said that the vandalism continued for close to 15 minutes following which police arrived and dispersed the crowd.Police said no one was hurt in the incident. The investigating officers are in touch with Swiggy. The content of the WhatsApp chat in which the attack was planned is being analysed.Responding to the act of vandalism, Swiggy said: “We’re shocked by the turn of events at the south Delhi restaurant. It is unfortunate that the situation escalated in this manner. We have zero tolerance towards any unruly behaviour and have taken immediate and strict action by suspending the members from the mob that were identified as delivery partners. We are also working with the restaurant and the authorities and supporting them in all ways possible. We regret the inconvenience caused and would like to emphasise that this kind of behaviour doesn’t reflect our values at Swiggy.”