FIR lodged against 4 for beating up family

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 7: Police have registered a First Information Report (FIR) against four persons for intercepting and assaulting a family, which was returning from the dinner, at Railway road under the jurisdiction of Trikuta Nagar police station on the intervening night of September 4 and 5.
Pranav Khajuria son of police Inspector Kuldeep Khajuria, former SHO, who had came to the spot along with miscreants to assault the family, was injured as people from the mob, which gathered at the spot beat-up him. He has been admitted in the Government Medical College, Jammu.
Police said they have registered FIR against four miscreants including Shivang Sharma son of Rajinder Sharma R/o Talab Tillo, Archit Mahajan son of Ashwani Mahajan R/o Gandhi Nagar, Guruvijay Singh son of Gurjit Singh R/o Green Belt, Gandhi Nagar and Smarth Baru son of Sanjeev Baru R/o Nanak Nagar.
They said the miscreants intercepted a car in which a family was returning to the house after the dinner on the intervening night of September 4 and 5. They assaulted the car inmates including Arjun Veer Rana of Greater Kailash, his wife police said, adding they had parked their vehicle 9696 JK02AS in the middle of the road. The miscreants called their more colleagues, who came in a Safari No. MH 9980 in which Inspector Kuldeep Khajuria’s son, Pranav Khajuria was also riding.
All the accused, some of whom were dead drunk beat up the family. Later, police parties from Trikuta Nagar police station led by SHO Chanchal Singh rushed to the spot and arrested the accused and seized their vehicle.
The miscreants also damaged Wagon R No. 8724 JK02AJ of the family.
Police said a Winger and other vehicles on way to Railways stopped on the road after observing the movement of miscreants. Some one from the mob beat-up and injured Pranav Khajuria, who has received a deep cut in his body.
Police said it couldn’t be ascertained immediately as to who had attacked Pranav. Investigations were on. Police said they were under pressure not to name Pranav in the FIR as he happened to be son of Police Inspector though he had come to the spot along with miscreants.
They added that further investigations in the case were on.