A 27-year-old building contractor was attacked with a sharp-edged weapon at Ayodhya Nagar over money dispute in the evening on Wednesday.
According to the police the victim Avinash Jain had gone to demand refund from the accused Vijay alias lucky and was attacked with sharp edged weapon. The victim was rushed to a nearby hospital.
The victim is undergoing treatment at JP hospital and his condition is reportedly stable.
In his statements the victim claimed that when he had gone to discuss regarding the refund of Rs 5 lakh due on the accused, initially the accused asked the victim to come inside the house and later turned hostile and started to abuse the victim and soon the fight turned nasty after the accused took sharp edged weapon and attacked the victim in his legs and hands. Victim claimed that the accused tried to attack him in his neck and in a bid to save himself his hands were injured.
The victim is a resident of Arera Colony and works as a contractor.
In the initial investigation police found that both accused and victim are contractors and the victim had claimed that he had provided Rs 5 lakh to the accused and they was tension regarding the money between in the past. On Wednesday when the victim went to meet he was attacked.
The accused was nabbed by the police and has been sent under judicial custody.
The police have registered a case under section 307 of the IPC and have started further investigation.