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Man assaulted outside his children’s school in Chandigarh
The victim said he was waiting outside his children’s school on Wednesday, when Rishu, who stays in his neighbourhood in Sector 24, Chandigarh, assaulted him with sticks
A 40-year-old man was assaulted while he was waiting to pick up his children from school in Sector 24, police said on Friday.
The victim, Shashi Kant, of Sector 24, said he was waiting outside his children’s school on Wednesday, when Rishu, who stays in his neighbourhood, assaulted him with sticks over an old rivalry, before fleeing.
The accused was booked under Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 341 (wrongful restraint) of the Indian Penal Code at the Sector-11 police station. Efforts are underway to arrest him.
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