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CHANDIGARH: During a bloody clash in Punjab, an Assistant Sub-Inspector's (ASI) hand was chopped off and three others got grievous injuries on Sunday when a gaggle of Nihang Sikhs attacked them in Patiala town on being asked about curfew permission, police said.
A group of seven armed Nihangs, who were travelling inside a vehicle, were asked to pull over at a vegetable market in Patiala.
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"They were asked to show their curfew pass. They got angered and in retaliation, they attacked police personnel and government employees deployed there with sharp-edged weapons," a police official said.
An Assistant Sub-Inspector's hand was chopped off, while six others sustained multiple injuries.
After the crime, the Nihangs fled from the scene. They were later arrested from Gurdwara Khichri Sahib, after a scuffle between the police and Nihangs.
One of them was injured in police firing and was being taken to a hospital for treatment, said Special Chief Secretary K.B.S. Sidhu in a tweet.
He said out of the seven, five were involved in the attack on police officials.
"In an unfortunate incident today morning, a gaggle of Nihangs injured a couple of cops and a Mandi Board official at Sabzi Mandi, Patiala. ASI Harjeet Singh whose hand got cut-off has reached PGI Chandigarh," Director General of Police Dinkar Gupta informed within a tweet.
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He said he was grateful to the PGI for full support.
