NAKODAR
The Nakodar city police have booked seven persons on the charge of assaulting a Baba Murad Shah devotee.
The Investigating officer (IO) Mandeep Singh said that the accused have been identified as Surinder Pal, Deepak, Vishal ,Ansh, Manav, and Vishal all residents of Mohalla Kamal Pura Nakodar and Manpreet Singh a resident of Mandian village in Maler Kotla district
Kamal Preet Singh a resident of Dalla village in Kapurthala district complained to the police that he is a devotee of Baba Murad Shah and came to attend the annual festival on May 1 and was serving devotes in parking their vehicles and accused Surindar Pal was running his private parking lot and asked him to stop helping devotes in parking, but he replied to saying he is doing service.
The victim said that at this the accused and his other accomplices assaulted and seriously injured him.
IO said that a case under sections 323, (voluntarily causing hurt) 341(wrongful restraint)506(criminal intimidation), and 148 and 149 (rioting) of the IPC has been registered against the accused.