Financier assaulted with sharp-edged weapons in Ludhiana’s Giaspura; 10 booked

Police say rivalry seem to be the reason behind the attack; victim critical

Ten persons were booked after three masked men attacked a 27-year-old man with sharp-edged weapons in Giaspura area here on Tuesday evening. Police suspect an old rivalry to be the reason behind the attack.

Closed-circuit television camera images in the area show then men then pushing Nagmani off his bike and attacking him with the weapons, before fleeing the spot. (HT FILE/REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE)

The victim has been identified as Nagmani, 27, a financer who lives in Surjit Singh Nagar in Giaspura area with his parents and brother. He was on his way back to home on a motorcycle when three masked men stopped him near a dairy on Futta road. Closed-circuit television camera images in the area show then men then pushing Nagmani off his bike and attacking him with the weapons, before fleeing the spot.

The incident took place on a busy road but commuters and shopkeepers remained mute spectators and alerted the police only after the accused fled the scene. The victim was left in a pool of blood on middle of road for several minutes, until the police arrived and took him to a nearby private hospital.

Inspector Inderjit Singh, Sahnewal station house officer, said the victim is in a critical condition.“Three persons attacked Nagmani, while seven more persons were involved in the conspiracy. An old rivalry seems to be the reason behind the crime as the accused and the victim had entered into a clash earlier also. Seven of the accused have been identified and the police are conducting a raid to arrest them. No arrest has been made so far,” he said.

The accused have been identified as Nirmal Singh, Rupesh Kumar, Ram Dayal, Ravi, Rohit, Aman Saini and Ramesh while three persons are yet to be identified.

A case under Sections 307 (attempt to murder), 341(punishment for wrongful restraint), 506 (criminal intimidation), 109 (punishment of abatement if the act abetted is committed in consequence), 120-B (criminal conspiracy), and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code IPC has been registered against the accused at Sahnewal police station.