India, Feb. 4 -- A month after five men allegedly brutally assaulted a 52-year-old businessman and his family, including his son who was stripped and beaten, in east Delhi's Laxmi Nagar, Delhi Police have decided to approach the concerned court, seeking "trial in absentia" for the four absconding suspects and declare them proclaimed offenders (POs), investigators in the know of the matter said on Tuesday.

A series of three videos capturing the incident had widely circulated in the Capital, triggering outrage and raising questions over law and order in the city. The incident took place on January 2 over an alleged dispute regarding the ownership of a gym running in the basement of the businessman's residence.

Police had arrested one pers...