Mohali, April 13 -- In a shocking display of lawlessness and disregard for human life, two groups of men launched a violent attack on each other inside the Dera Bassi civil hospital on Friday night.

What began as a street brawl between two groups in Mukandpur village over an old rivalry escalated into a full-blown affray at the hospital, turning a place of healing into a bloody battleground.

The accused, identified as Anil Kumar, alias Honey Pandit, Naresh Kumar, Naib Ram, Angrej Singh, Gurmeet Singh, Mahipal and Manish Kumar, all from Mukandpur village, reportedly spotted each other during treatment at the hospital after an earlier altercation at their village.

What followed was sheer mayhem, captured by shocked onlookers on their mob...