Six booked for assaulting two at gunpoint in Palam Vihar

  • | Monday | 18th February, 2019

GURUGRAM: Six men have been booked for allegedly assaulting two youths who were returning from a gym in Palam Vihar on Saturday evening.According to police, the two were assaulted near Bhagat Singh Chowk in Palam Vihar when Mukesh Kumar and his friend Rakesh were returning home.“We started for home after workout from the gym in Palam Vihar’s Sector 5. When we reached near Bhagat Singh Chowk around 6pm, a white-coloured SUV overtook out car (Santro) and stopped in front of us. Just as I applied the brakes of my car, around six men came out of the SUV and started assaulting us,” Kumar told the police.The duo was dragged out of the car and thrashed by the accused who held them at gunpoint . They also damaged the Santro by hitting it using iron rods and sticks that they were carrying.“Luckily, two of our friends — Naresh and Ajit — who were following our car from the gym reached the spot and tried to help us,” he added. As the accused got into an argument with them, Kumar fled from the spot and reached the Sector 5 police station.“Kumar identified four of the accused as Prashant Tyagi, Hemant, Sunil Kataria and Rahul while he could not identify the two other accused.

GURUGRAM: Six men have been booked for allegedly assaulting two youths who were returning from a gym in Palam Vihar on Saturday evening.According to police, the two were assaulted near Bhagat Singh Chowk in Palam Vihar when Mukesh Kumar and his friend Rakesh were returning home.“We started for home after workout from the gym in Palam Vihar’s Sector 5. When we reached near Bhagat Singh Chowk around 6pm, a white-coloured SUV overtook out car (Santro) and stopped in front of us. Just as I applied the brakes of my car, around six men came out of the SUV and started assaulting us,” Kumar told the police.The duo was dragged out of the car and thrashed by the accused who held them at gunpoint . They also damaged the Santro by hitting it using iron rods and sticks that they were carrying.“Luckily, two of our friends — Naresh and Ajit — who were following our car from the gym reached the spot and tried to help us,” he added. As the accused got into an argument with them, Kumar fled from the spot and reached the Sector 5 police station.“Kumar identified four of the accused as Prashant Tyagi, Hemant, Sunil Kataria and Rahul while he could not identify the two other accused. We have registered an FIR against the six accused under sections 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 149 (unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 506 (criminal intimidation), 341(wrongful restraint) of the IPC and 25-54-59 of the Arms Act,” said an officer stationed at Sector 5 police station adding that they suspect it to be a case of personal enmity as no robbery took place.

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