Mohali: Group attacks guard, resident at housing complex

At least 15-20 unidentified attacked guard at Purab Apartments in Mohali with sharp weapons after he asked them for id cards and the resident when he tried to intervene

At least 15 to 20 unidentified people have been booked for assaulting a guard and a resident at Purab Apartments on Friday evening.

The group tried to enter Purab Apartments in Mohali on pretext of a birthday party and attacked security guard when he asked them for identity cards. (HT File)

According to police, the accused tried to enter the premises on the pretext of a birthday party, when the guard, Pooran Singh, asked them for identity cards.

“They felt offended and initially got into a heated argument with the guard, whom they eventually attacked with sharp weapons,” police said.

Police added that when a resident, Major Sher Chand, tried to intervene, the accused attacked him too and later fled the spot. Both victims were taken to the hospital and discharged within a few hours.

A case under Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means), 341 (wrongful restraint), 506 (criminal intimidation), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon.) and 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object) was registered at Sohana Police Station.