Representative imagePUNE: A 67-year-old man lodged an FIR at the Sinhagad Road police station on Wednesday stating that he was assaulted by four relatives of his daughter-in-law at Jadhavnagar in Dhayari on Tuesday morning following a domestic issue between her and his son.
“The elderly man, admitted to a private hospital for treatment, said he was on his way to a pharmacy when the four men attacked him,” senior inspector Nandkishor Shelke said. “The man’s daughter-in-law recently returned to her paternal home at Daund, following an issue with her husband,” he added.
Shelke said, “His son was at home and the elderly man stepped out to buy medicines. The four men were waiting near their residential society. They spotted the elderly man walking towards them and assaulted him with a stick before running away. The man was rushed to a nearby hospital and the staff informed the police about the incident. The area has CCTV camera surveillance and we will study the footage to ascertain the identity of the suspects.”