Mistaken for participant of street fight, youth attacked in Manimajra
Chandigarh, May 2 -- A 24-year-old youth who was brutally beaten up after being mistaken for a street fight participant near Samadhi Gate in Manimajra, police said on Thursday.
The victim, Jaspreet Dhiman, is a resident of Ram Darbar and an employee at the Sector 22 Mobile Market. He told police that around 6.30 pm on April 27, a large group of boys were fighting near a juice shop in the market. As he stopped to watch, some of the boys wrongly assumed that he was part of the brawl and began assaulting him as well.
Jaspreet named some of the attackers as Sullu, Akash, Harsh, alias Arshad, and Harry. He alleged that Harry restrained him while Harsh struck him with a stick. At the same time, Sullu reportedly stabbed another victim, Bhavesh Kumar, 18, in the back with a sharp weapon.
Both were left injured and unconscious on the road. They were rushed to the Manimajra civil hospital, where Jaspreet was treated and discharged, while Bhavesh was referred to PGIMER.
Police officials from Manimajra station reached PGIMER the same night and recorded Bhavesh's preliminary statement. However, Bhavesh stated that he will file a formal complaint upon discharge.
Based on Jaspreet Dhiman's complaint and identification of the suspects, police lodged an FIR under Sections 3 (5), 115 (2) and 118 (1) of the BNS against the named accused and others on April 30. Investigations are ongoing.HTC...
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