Fuelled over old enmity after a heated argument a 40-year-old woman was attacked with a sharp-edged weapon by four miscreants at Nehru Nagar under Kamal Nagar police station area on Tuesday.
Police said, the fight broke out after the victim Mala Bai Vishwakarma had a verbal spate with the four accused identified as Madanlal Vishwakarma, Niranjan alias Pua, Tatveer alias Tattu and Ajay Vishwakarma who attacked her with sharp edged weapon.
The victim's family started quarrelling with the accused and the issue turned into a violent clash between the two groups in which the accused attacked the victim with a sharp-edged weapon and she was rushed to nearby hospital where her condition is reportedly stable.
The police have registered a case under sections 307 and 34 of the IPC. The accused have any criminal record and had enmity with the victim, police said.
Two teams were formed and several places were raided but the accused managed to remain absconding and are still at large.
The accused left their house and locality which was found in the investigation. The assailants attacked the victim when she was sitting at the Panchayat organised in the area outside her house.
Panic prevailed in the area after the attack and locals feared that the clash might turn violent as the victim’s kin might settle score with the accused and their families. Police personnel were deployed in the area. The victim sustained multiple injuries but which were not fatal and her condition is stable.