Three Teens Among 6 Injured in Sword Attack; 5 Arrested

As many as six youths, five of them teenagers, landed in hospital after a group of men allegedly attacked them with swords at the Phase 3-5 light point on Tuesday night to settle scores for a New Year Eve's spat.

- HT Correspondent

MOHALI:

Acting swiftly, police booked 16 men and arrested five of them within 48 hours.

They were identified as Gursewak Singh, who runs a dairy; Prabhjot Singh, a student of Panjab University; Manjinder Singh, also a student at a Chandigarh college; and Pargat Singh and Bhawan Preet Singh, both farmers.

Aged between 22 and 25, all accused are residents of Sohana and Banur, said police.

According to police, the six victims, including three minors, all 17 years old, suffered multiple fractures and deep wounds in the attack, and were undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Mohali.