Mohali, April 25 -- As many as five persons were on Wednesday booked for murder bid on a vegetable vendor in Kumbran village, Phase 8, Mohali. While one of the accused was identified as Rubal, efforts were being made to establish the identity of others, the police said.

Complainant Kamalpreet, 23, mentioned that he and his brother Karamjit Singh worked as vegetable vendors. When he and his mother were at work near their vegetable cart, the accused turned up there in a car bearing a Chandigarh registration number.

"The accused started hurling abuses at us. When my mother confronted them, Rubal pushed her after which I called my brother. When he confronted Rubal and his maternal cousin, they attacked him with a sharp-edged weapon on his t...