Man stabs couple over petty dispute

A man stabbed his neighbour multiple times over an old dispute in Partap Nagar area falling under the Division B police station here on Tuesday.

The accused fled the scene when people started gathering at the spot while the victim was seriously injured and rushed to the hospital for treatment. A CCTV footage of the incident went viral on social media following which the police swung into action and registered an FIR against the accused, identified as Hardeep Singh.

The victims were identified as Manwinder Singh and his wife Arvinder Kaur, who also sustained injuries when he tried to save her husband.

Harinder Singh, SHO, Division B police station, said a case has been registered and efforts were on to nab Hardeep Singh who is absconding.

Arwinder Kaur told the police that her husband ran an embroidery shop in Atta Mandi area. She said Hardeep, her neighbour, had a quarrel with her husband in the street over a petty issue. She said yesterday her husband was going to work when the accused came in front of him and stabbed him repeatedly. She said when she tried to save her husband, Hardeep attacked her also.