Samrala MLA’s kin assaulted

The police have launched an investigation into an incident in which four unidentified miscreants, armed with sharp-edged weapons, assaulted a youth from Boolepur village during his routine morning visit to the fields located near Golden Club here.

The victim is reportedly a close relative of Samrala MLA Jagtar Singh Dyalpura.

The seriously injured victim has been shifted to a private multispecialty hospital in Chandigarh, where his condition is stated to be stable. He sustained multiple injuries to his limbs during the attack.

DSP Khanna, Amritpal Singh Bhatti, stated that Amandeep Singh was attacked by four individuals who had been waiting for him at the location in an Alto car. The assault took place at around 9.30 am.

Although the police have yet to establish the exact sequence of events that led to the assault, preliminary investigations suggest that the suspects had conducted a detailed recce of the area beforehand.