Woman attacked by 30 attackers

The Sidhwan Bet police station on Friday registered a case against 30 persons, including nine unidentified assailants, who attacked a woman over an old enmity.

Complainant Parkash Kaur told police that on November 6 around 3.45 pm, the attackers, while carrying sharp weapons with the intention of killing former sarpanch Surjit Singh and his family members, entered his house where they also cornered and assaulted her.

The complainant added that the attackers hit her with an iron bar, injuring her lip, head and tooth.

The booked suspects have been identified as Surjit Singh, Charanjit Singh, Narinder Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Sukhdev Singh, Lakhwinder Singh, Satnam Singh, Sukhwinder Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Kuldeep Singh, Sandeep Singh, Rajwinder Singh, Kuldeep Kaur, Manjit Kaur, Simran Kaur , Reshma, Gagandeep Singh, Jaswant Singh, Kuldeep Singh, Sukhdev Singh, all residents of Gorsian Khan Mohd, Buta Singh of Akkuwal village and nine unknown assailants.

Meanwhile, on the complaint of Reshma, one of the accused, the police have also registered a cross case against the accused identified as Surjit Singh, Balkar Singh, Hardeep Singh, Gurdeep Singh, Jagdev Singh, Baldev Singh, Akash, Karan, Gurmeet Singh, Pyara Singh, Kartar Singh, Navdeep Singh, Simran, Manjit Kaur, Rupa, Bimla, Jasvir and six unknown assailants. The complainant said that on November 6, when she was on her way home after delivering tea to the workers engaged in rice harvesting, she was attacked by the suspect.

The police say that further investigation into the case is ongoing.