Video: Punjab tourists brandish swords during road rage in Manali, 4 arrested

Dipender Manta

Tribune News Service

Mandi, July 15

Four tourists were arrested on Thursday from near Manali in Kullu district for allegedly assaulting some people.

According to the police, the accused travelling in a car bearing a Punjab number (PB 11CF 0123) were on their way from Manali bus stand to Rangri area.

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The police said the accused overtook another vehicle near the BBMB rest house and parked their car on the middle of the road, causing a long traffic jam.

When the car driver was asked to remove the vehicle, the four accused stepped out of the vehicle and allegedly attacked the people on the spot with a sword, injuring one person.

Kulu SP Gurdev Chand Sharma said the accused, Ravinder, Dalbir Singh, Amandeep Singh and Jasraj, all natives of Sangrur in Punjab, have been arrested under Section 147, 148, 149, 323 and 506 of the IPC and 25 of the Arms Act. He said an investigation was underway.