A 22-year-old youth was attacked over a petty issue with sharp-edged weapon at Indira Nagar under Bairagarh police station area on Saturday. The victim was attacked in his head by a sharp edged weapon after a dispute with the accused.
According to the police, the victim Manoj Verma was having liquor with the accused Sukku Rao who is his relative and during the consumption of the liquor they started to talk over some issue which irritated Sukku and he attacked victim with sharp edged weapon.
Victim was rushed to a nearby hospital and was where his condition is reportedly stable.
A complaint was lodged with the Bairagarh police and in the complaint, the victim claimed that after he was having liquor with his relative Sukku and during discussion they started to talk over Sukku’s niece which led to a fight and soon turned violent after Sukku went inside the house and took sharp edged weapon kept near idol of Durga and attacked him in his head and escaped the spot.
Police were informed and on the receipt of the information, police team reached the spot, but the accused managed to escape. The accused was later nabbed by the police.
After the preliminary investigation, the police have registered a case under section 307 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
Police said that the search for the accused has been started. The incident took place when the victim and accused were having liquor along with 3-4 others and when victim was discussing Sukku’s niece with Akash.