Ludhiana, Aug. 11 -- A Punjab home guard jawan was seriously injured after being attacked by three men while on duty at the Kot police outpost late on Friday night while preventing theft. The accused were trying to steal the tyres from a truck which was seized by the police in a criminal case.

According to police, the incident occurred around midnight on August 8, when jawan Gurpyaar Singh noticed three men arriving in a truck and attempting to remove tyres from another truck that had been seized earlier as case property.

When Singh tried to stop them, the accused allegedly assaulted him with an intent to kill. "They beat him up, pushed him to the ground, and then fled the scene, abandoning their vehicle," a police official said. The in...