Chandigarh, April 27 -- In a brazen attack, a 17-year-old boy was cornered, thrashed and stabbed with knives by a group of unknown youths near a cyber cafe in Dadumajra on Friday evening.

The victim, Sahil, alias Lucky, who is a Class-11 student at a government school, remains under treatment at PGIMER for a grievous stab wound in the back. He is a resident of Small Flats, Sector 38 (West), said police.

According to police, the attack took place around 8.35 pm when Sahil had gone to Dadumajra to collect his roll number from a cyber cafe.

As he approached the cyber cafe, three to four youths intercepted him and began questioning him about another boy. The assailants reportedly showed him photographs on their mobile phones and accused hi...