GURUGRAM: A clash between two groups at a market in Gurgaon Sector 40 resulted in injuries to four college students, police said on Saturday.
The brother of one of the women involved in the dispute attacked the friends of the other group using sticks and caused damage to their car by throwing stones.
The incident occurred in Sohna, where Harshi Mathur, a first-year BBA student at a private university, and a native of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, had filed a complaint.
Harshi and Gavya, a classmate, had previously argued and were not on speaking terms. Despite this, Gavya continued to speak ill of Harshi.
"Around 11am on Friday, I called Gavya and asked why was she talking bad about me. I then asked her to meet at Sector 40 market in the evening. I reached the parking lot of the market with eight of my friends. Gavya too, reached there with her brother and over 10 other persons. They were carrying sticks and stones," Mathur said.
"My friend Pratham, who knew Gavya's brother Gogi alias Arun tried talking to him, but the latter started beating him up with sticks instead. When we tried to intervene, they attacked us as well. After Pratahm was badly injured, they fled away in their cars. Before leaving they broke window panes of our cars with sticks and pelting stones and even threatened to kill us," she said.
"My four friends were injured and we rushed them to a nearby private hospital," the student added.
After receiving information a police team reached the hospital but the injured were not found fit for statement.
On Mathur's complaint, an FIR was registered against Gavya, her brother and others under Sections 148 (riots), 149 (unlawful assembly), 323 (causing hurt), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 427 (causing damage) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Sector 40 police station on Friday.
"The injured are being treated in hospital. We are verifying the facts and action will be taken as per the law," said Inspector Satish Kumar, Station House Officer (SHO) of Sector 40 police station.
(With inputs from PTI)