Ambala advocate faked stabbing to frame neighbours: Police

An advocate, who had been stabbed in his chamber in Ambala, had inflicted the injury on himself with the help of his relatives, to frame his neighbours, police said on Saturday

An advocate, who had been stabbed in his chamber in Ambala, had inflicted the injury on himself with the help of his relatives, to frame his neighbours, police said on Saturday.

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Salinder Mohan, 40, had reached the hospital with a knife lodged in his chest. The attempted murder had sent shock waves through the legal fraternity as advocates questioned their safety inside their chambers.

In his complaint, Mohan, had accused two of his neighbours and some other men of stabbing him in his chamber over a property dispute. The incident had taken place in November.

Investigating officer Sultan Singh said his neighbours, Raju and Gurcharan, had been arrested but they claimed that they had not been involved in the attack and that Mohan was trying to frame them.

CCTV footage shows that Mohan’s relatives had attacked him on his say so. “Mohan was arrested, taken into remand and then sent to judicial custody, as per the court orders,” said Ram Kumar, Ambala City police station in-charge.