couple stabbed as neighbourly dispute turns violent in Taloja
MUMBAI, Feb. 22 -- Four members of a family in Taloja Phase 2 have been booked after an argument in a housing complex turned into a violent assault involving knives and a sickle on Friday evening.
According to police, the incident occurred on Friday inside the compound of a housing society in Panvel. A 32-year-old woman living in the same society, alleged that her neighbours, a 48-year-old man, his wife and their 22-year-old twin sons, assaulted her and her husband following a dispute.
The police said the argument stemmed from an ongoing disagreement between the accused and the society's managing committee over the issuance of a share certificate, a legal document confirming a person's ownership of shares in a cooperative housing society. "The accused allegedly believed that due to the complainant's influence the certificate had not been issued to them," said senior police inspector Pravin Bhagat.
During the violent arugument the accused pulled out a knife from his pocket and assaulted the society secretary. He then asked his sons for help and they rushed out of the building, one carrying a knife and the other holding a sickle. One of them stabbed the complainant on her thigh, causing serious injuries. The other allegedly hit the complainant's husband with a sickle leaving a deep cut on his thigh.
The injured husband and wife were admitted to the hospital and received multiple stitches.
While the family fled after the incident, all four members have been booked by the Taloja police under several relevant sections of the BNS....
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