Rajkot: A 26-year-old man was attacked over a parking issue allegedly by the husband of Bajrangvadi corporator and his aide in Rajkot on Friday night.
Police said the accused, Jahid Dal, husband of corporator Sofiya Dal, and his unidentified aide, allegedly attacked Bhavin Jobanputra. In his complaint Jobanputra has alleged that Jahid had picked up a fight with him when he parked his car near his house in Bajarangvadi-14 area where Jobanputra had gone to drop his sister. “Jahid and his aide entered into an altercation with Jobanputra and hurled abuses at him. When Jobanputra asked them not to do so, Jahid and his aide started beating him up. Then one of the accused hit Jobanputra on his head with some heavy object, subsequent to which Jobanputra was rendered unconscious,” said an official from Gandhigram police station.
Jobanputra was first taken to Rajkot Civil Hospital and later he was shifted to a private hospital. “We have booked the accused on the complaint of Jobanputra and started the investigation into the case,” added the official.