LUDHIANA: A man died after a group of assailants "brutally" attacked him at the house of his acquaintance, severed his hand with sharp edged weapon and later handed it to a grocery shop owner in a bag in Daba area. The deceased was identified as Shakti Singh Bhura.
Sources said that the victim had come to meet his friend when the assailants attacked him after barging into his friend's house near Gurudwara Reru Sahib in Daba.
They added that the assailants chopped off his hand and later handed over the severed hands to a shopkeeper at Street Number 9 at Satguru Nagar.
Sources further said that the assailants allegedly told the shopkeeper to hand over the hand to the house owner. They added that even the friend of the deceased was also allegedly attacked by assailants.
The injured Shakti was later taken to Civil Hospital where he died.
SHO Daba, Inspector Jatinder Kumar, said that the initial investigation indicates the attack stemmed from personal enmity. He added that the names of some individuals with whom the victim frequently associated have surfaced during the probe, and their role is being verified.
Police officer said that the deceased had 12 cases against him and even the assailants have around same number of cases against them.
ACP Roopdeep Kaur said that after registering murder case, one of the accused has been arrested.