Rajiv Colony, Panchkula, resident stabbed

Tribune News Service

Panchkula, September 21

The local police have booked unidentified persons for brutally attacking a resident of Rajiv Colony near Sector 17 here on Sunday.

The victim has been identified as Dheeraj, a resident of Rajiv Colony, who has been admitted to the intensive care unit of the Government Medical College and Hospital in Sector 32, Chandigarh.

In his complaint to the police, Ravi, a native of Kutia village in Fatehpur district of UP and presently residing in Rajiv Colony, and also the victim’s friend, stated that he received a call from Dheeraj on his mobile phone at 10.10 am on Sunday. Dheeraj told him that when he was crossing the vacant ground near a tubewell in Budhanpur village, two to three youths attacked him with a knife on his arms, chest, waist and back. He said his friend, Sachin, also from Rajiv Colony, had got a similar phone call.

The complainant stated that the victim was taken to the Community Health Centre, Mani Majra, from where he was referred to the GMCH-32, where his condition was stated to be serious.

A case under Section 324, 307 and 34 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 14 police station.

The police said the medico-legal report of the victim had confirmed that he was attacked with a sharp weapon. The police said the victim was not in a position to record his statement. Further investigation in the case was on, they added.

The complaint

In his complaint to the police, Ravi, a friend of the victim and native of Kutia village in Fatehpur district of UP who is at present residing in Rajiv Colony, stated that he received a call from Dheeraj on his mobile phone at 10.10 am on Sunday. Dheeraj told him that when he was crossing the vacant ground near a tubewell in Budhanpur village, two or three youths attacked him with a knife on his arms, chest, waist and back. He said his friend, Sachin, also from Rajiv Colony, had got a similar phone call.