The owner of a new shop has condemned vandals who torched his van and smashed signs the day it opened.

The attack on Chatha's Off Licence on Saturday is one of several acts of vandalism on the shop run by Jas Chatha, pictured, in High Street, Queensbury.

Mr Chatha, whose £10,000 Volkswagen LT35 was destroyed in the latest attack, has handed police CCTV footage of one of the other incidents.

Vandals smashed new perspex signs on August 10. Three days after the signs were replaced vandals attacked them again.

On Saturday the signs were destroyed and Mr Chatha's VW, which he used for business, was fired when it was parked in a car park behind the store.

"It's frustrating because you can't work out why they would want to do something like this," he said. "We are trying to do something for the community."

A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said officers were called to the premises at 4.37am on Sunday following reports of the signs being smashed and the van on fire.

Mr Chatha, who owns 12 other off-licences and convenience stores across Calderdale and Bradford, said: "In 25 years of being in business, it's the first time I have come across this."

He said he gave the shop a revamp and wants the business to be part of the community. "About 99 per cent of the locals have come in and sympathised with us, it's just that one per cent," he said.

Mr Chatha said gangs of young people often congregate on the streets, even in the early hours. "We need more policing and more CCTV cameras in the area," he said, vowing that he would not be frightened off by the vandalism.

Councillor Andrew Smith (Con, Queensbury) said: "I am working with Mr Chatha and the police to improve the situation. Businesses on the High Street have been targeted over the last few months. This undermines everyone's efforts to improve community facilities."