A 25 year-old man died after his colleague poured acid on him following a scuffle at Industrial Area on Thursday. The accused is absconding, police said.
The deceased has been identified as Rajeev while the accused person was identified as Ranjeet. The incident took place at a factory in the Industrial area, phase-1, Chandigarh.The factory workers said that the incident took place in the wee hours of Thursday at around 2 AM, when both were working. “While the two were working, they went into a verbal spat over some matter of sharing work. The argument got heated and the verbal spat turned violent. One of them, Ranjeet, poured acid on Rajeev,” said a factory worker.
Soon after the incident, other persons working in the area raised an alarm and also informed local police about the incident. The victim was rushed to Government Medical College and Hospital Sector-32, where doctors on duty declared him brought dead.Parminder Singh, ASP East, Chandigarh police, said both the victim and the accused are the residents of Hallomajra and they were employed in a company. Ranjeet has been booked under sections 326 and 302 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and police was conducting raids to arrested him.