[Resolved]  Amaron / Battery — New Battery caught fire

I had bought a new battery for my Honda Activa Scooter on 30 May 09 to replace old battery from M/s POPLI BATTERIES in Sector - 7 Dwarka who is a dealer of Amaron brand of batteries. After the change the scooter was driven for the first time on 05 Jun 09 and after running for a Km, the battery caught fire. The fire was doused with the help of road side vendors otherwise it could have damaged the complete scooter. On contacting the dealer and the company service centre M/s Battery Arcade (the number [protected] was obtained from toll free number of Amaron company), they have declared that it can happen only because of a short circuit and there is no fault with battery. Prior to change of battery, the scooter / old battery did not have any problem. the response of dealer/ company authorised service centre is negative while the product is under free replacement warranty for 30 months.