The TT Nagar police have booked five miscreants who attacked a 29-year-old man with sharp-edged weapons at Geetanjali square; condition of the victim is reportedly critical.
The accused, who had a dispute with his elder brother attacked the victim after they failed to find him.
According to the police, the victim Sumit Sardar was attacked by five miscreants identified as Ajju Baagde alias Ajju Shooter, Rahul Nirharem, Amit Dongre, Kishore Bagde and Mayur.
The injured victim was rushed to a nearby hospital where his condition is reportedly critical. Police said that attackers were angered over a dispute with his elder brother Shubham. Sumit's sister and mother were suffering from illness and he was on his way to hospital with them when he was attacked by the accused.
The victim opposed that the accused had fought with Shubham and why they came to attack him. Victim raised an alert and locals rushed to their rescue which forced the accused to escape the spot.
The accused escaped the spot after the attack and are still absconding, police have started searching for the attackers. After the preliminary investigation, the police registered a case under sections 307 and 34 of the IPC and started further investigation.
Police said that the two groups have fight in the past over the same issue but the fight was pacified by the intervention of the locals and the accused wanted to settle the score.