SHAHKOT
The Shahkot police have arrested a miscreant on the charge of assaulting a young man with a pistol butt.
Investigating officer (IO) Sukhwindar Pal Singh said that the accused has been identified as Sahil alias Sukha, son of William, a resident of Said Pur village.
Jagir Singh, a resident of Killi village, had complained to the police that the accused and his six accomplices waylaid his nephew and attacked him, used a pistol butt in the crime, and threatened him with dire consequences.
.IO said that a case under sections 115 (2), .(voluntary causing hurt),351(3) (criminal intimidation), 126(2) (wrongful restraint), 191(3) (rioting armed with deadly weapons) and 190((unlawful assembly) of the BNS and section 25/27/54/59 of the Arms Act was registered against the accused.