Nana Peth: woman hit on head with sickle saving father in firecracker row, two arrested
A counter-complaint by one of those held has also led to a separate case against the woman's father and two others.
IllustrationAround 1.30 am on 9 November, a 21-year-old woman was struck on the head with a sickle near Hope Hospital at Patra Chawl in Nana Peth while trying to save her father in a firecracker dispute.
She collapsed on the spot after being struck and is undergoing treatment at Sassoon General Hospital.
According to police, the dispute began on the night of 8 November, when one of the wheels of her father's rickshaw accidentally ran over a firecracker. Around 1.30 am, a group allegedly abused him and assaulted him with kicks and punches near Hope Hospital.
Police say that when the family intervened, one of the assailants allegedly tried to strike him on the head with a sickle; his daughter stepped in and was struck instead. The assailants fled.
Samarth police have arrested two men, aged 26 and 18, both residents of Tadiwala Road. They have registered a case of attempt to murder against a 30-year-old Patra Chawl resident and his associates.
A counter-complaint by one of the arrested men alleges that he and the other man were assaulted with an iron weapon in the same dispute. Police have registered a separate case on it against the woman's father and two others.
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