Fuelled over dispute and rivalry in municipal elections held in Bhopal a woman and her brother were attacked with sharp edged weapon at Kamla Nagar area on Wednesday.
After voting of municipal elections cases of electoral rivalry have started to surface.
In Kamla Nagar area, the miscreant attacked the woman and her brother with a sharp edged weapon. In the attack, the woman suffered an injury on her finger while her brother has suffered a shoulder injury. He has had 17 stitches. Police have registered a case against the accused.
According to the information, Aarti Parihar (40), a resident of Naya Basera, had gone for voting was going on in Ward-27 regarding the urban body elections. Younger brother Vinod Parihar was at the polling booth. On this, Latif Sheikh, a supporter of the independent candidate for the post of councilor, threatened his brother to go home from the polling booth. The younger brother refused. After the voting was over, the brother reached home.
Meanwhile, at around 9 pm, Latif along with his two companions Samim and Kalu reached his house. Latif directly attacked him with a sharp edged weapon and Aarti came to save her. She was also attacked by the accused. Aarti says that her finger is hurt due to the sword.
While the brother has an injury near the shoulder. He has had 17 stitches. The accused have not been arrested yet.
Aarti claimed that the accused who attacked is externed from district . He kept threatening people at the polling booth in the elections, but the police could not catch him.
However, the police say that the file of Latif's crime has not been opened yet. The statements of the victims have been recorded .