In yet another incident of the lawlessness prevailing on the city outskirts, a man and his son were attacked with lethal weapons by some unidentified miscreants at Bharatpur under the Khandagiri police station on Monday.
According to sources, the father-son duo, whose identity was yet to be ascertained, was in their shop in the morning when four bike-borne miscreants arrived at the spot and attacked them with swords and other sharp weapons.
Later, the assailants sped from the spot by their bikes. The duo sustained critical injuries on their hands and legs and were rushed to the Capital Hospital here.
The motive behind the crime is yet to be ascertained though prima facie it appear that it was fallout of old enmity.
Later, the family members lodged an FIR with the Khandagiri police in the connection. Acting on the complaint, police reached the spot and launched a probe into the matter. Police said they are trying to identify and nab the miscreants.