SHAHKOT
The Shahkot police have booked five persons on charges of assaulting a youth.
Investigating officer (IO) Jagtar Singh said the accused have been identified as Ajay Sabharwal, Manish,Karan, and Rahul, all residents of Pati Shala Nagar, Malsian village, and Sharandeep Singh, a resident of Bhoe Pur village.
Lovpreet (23) a resident of Pati Akal Pur Malsian village, complained that the accused assaulted him with weapons and seriously injured and threatened him.
IO said a case under sections 115(2), 118(1,2) (voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons), 351(2) (criminal intimidation), 191(3) (rioting armed with deadly weapons ), and 190 (unlawful assembly) of the BNS has been registered against the accused.