Chandigarh, Feb. 1 -- A ground-breaking ceremony (bhoomi pujan) for the third campus of the Gaud Brahman Vidya Pracharini Sabha in Pahrawar village turned into a scene of chaos on Sunday as political workers engaged in a brawl in the presence of Haryana cabinet Minister Arvind Sharma.
The event, meant to be a formal religious and educational milestone, witnessed high drama that led to police intervention. The altercation reportedly began over a trivial matter involving seating arrangement.
According to eyewitnesses, Praveen Kaushik, the former sarpanch of Pahrawar and current Councillor of Ward 20, asked Monu Atri, a resident of Bhalout village, to sit down. This request was allegedly taken as an insult by Atri, leading to a heated verbal...