Tribune News Service
Patiala, August 27
A 45-year-old auto driver, reportedly, attacked two people with an axe and injured them in the Guru Nanak Nagar area in the city on Friday morning. The injured have already been admitted to Government Rajindra Hospital.
An altercation over the parking is said to have spurred the accused to do what he did.
The police informed that after attacking both the victims, the accused went onto the main Rajpura road. He kept wielding the axe to shoo off whoever came to overpower him, said the police.
The accused was, however, finally pinned down, near Vardhman hospital, on Rajpura road with the help of some passersby. While pinning him down, some policemen received some minor injuries.
The accused was tied with rope and taken to the police station.
The police told The Tribune that they were tipped off by some residents of the area that a guy was hitting the people with an axe randomly.
Rauni Singh, Station House Officer, Urban Estate, said that they had already arrested the accused with the help of the residents. He informed that as the accused was in a very hyper state, therefore, efforts were being made to calm him down.
“We will lodge an FIR against the accused after recording the statements of the injured. We will start questioning the accused once he will calm down,” he concluded.
Patiala: Auto-driver turns hysterical; attacks with axe
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