Fuelled over old enmity a 17-year-old building painter was attacked by a miscreant with a sharp-edged weapon at Ayodhya Nagar over old dispute in the evening on Thursday.
According to the police, the victim Amit Giri was at home when the accused Kuldeep reached and attacked the victim with sharp edged weapon. The victim was rushed to a nearby hospital where his condition is reportedly stable.
In his statements the victim claimed that when he was at home the accused came and asked him to have talk and when he went outside the accused started to abuse and later attacked the victim with a sharp edged weapon in his stomach and escaped the spot.
The victim also sustained injuries in other parts when he tried to save himself. The victim is a resident of Bijli Nagar Colony Anand Nagar and works as a painter.
The victim told the police that he and Kuldeep work as bulding painters and were having a dispute for long over a contract of painting building and few days ago he slapped the accused and to settle score he attacked with sharp edged weapon. The police have registered a case under section 307 of the IPC and have started search for the absconding accused. The crime record of the absconding accused would be investigated.