NURMAHAL: The Bilga police have booked five persons on the charge of assaulting a villager.
The investigating officer (IO) Kulwindar Singh said that the accused have been identified as Baljit Singh, Simran Singh Mandip Singh, Jashan Singh and Jaskaran Singh all residents of Aujla village.
Lehmbar Singh a resident of the Bilga village complained to the police that the accused attacked him on January13 when he was passing through a street and injured him seriously and damaged his motorcycle and threatened him.
IO said a case under section 323 325 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt), 427 (mischief) 506(criminal intimidation) and 148 and 149(rioting) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against the accused. No arrests have been made and raids are being conducted to nab absconding accused.