Ludhiana | 2 groups get into scuffle outside police chief’s office over rivalry

The Ludhiana police intervened and took the groups to CIA staff-1, where both of the groups came to a compromise

A high drama was witnessed outside the office of commissioner of police Kaustubh Sharma on Monday after two groups indulged in a scuffle over an old rivalry. Both the groups had come to the office to file a complaint against each other.

A high drama was witnessed outside the office of Ludhiana commissioner of police Kaustubh Sharma after two groups got into a scuffle. (HT PHOTO)

Both the groups, including women, exchanged punches and kicks. A man suffered head injury and accused the rival group of assaulting him with a brick, while the other group alleged that the man had smashed his head against a tree and injured himself.

The police intervened and took the groups to CIA staff-1, where both of the groups came to a compromise.

Father of the injured man said his son runs a grocery store. “The rival group used to buy groceries on credit from his son for which they had to pay ₹12,000. When his son asked the accused to clear the dues, they started accusing him of sexually assaulting their daughter,” he said, adding that on Monday, they had come to the office of CP to file a complaint, while the other group also turned up there and assaulted them.

On the other side, the rival group alleged that the grocery store owner sexually harassed their minor daughter when she had gone to his shop to purchase some grocery. Mother of the girl said they had filed a complaint to the Division number 3 police, but to no avail.

The woman added that they did not attack the grocer rather he smashed his head against a tree to injure himself. The woman also said the grocer thrashed her and her daughter at the CP office.

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