Ludhiana, Sept. 19 -- A 28-year-old road contractor was brutally attacked by a group of unidentified assailants outside his tyre showroom on the Ludhiana-Delhi road near Sherpur on Wednesday evening. The entire incident was captured on CCTV. The footage shows the victim, Nikash Gupta, sitting in his car when several men suddenly dragged him out, thrashed him with sharp-edged and blunt weapons, and fled in a vehicle.

Gupta, who sustained a severe head injury and a leg fracture, was rushed to a nearby hospital where his condition is stated to be stable.

His family suspects the assault was linked to a road construction tender under the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in Moga district. Gupta's father Bhagwan Das alleged that ever...