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Bengal: Six injured as man attacks neighbours with knife over boundary wall tiff

Man held, injured undergoing treatment

PTI Published 05.11.22, 07:08 PM
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At least six people were injured, two of them seriously, as a man went on a rampage with a knife on Saturday, attacking his neighbours over a dispute about a boundary wall in Kolkata, police said.The accused was arrested after the incident took place in the Sarsuna area in the southern part of the city, a police officer said.

There was a long-time dispute between the man and his neighbours over the construction of a boundary wall by the accused on Rakhal Mukherjee Road.

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"A fresh quarrel ensued between them in the afternoon when the neighbours were collecting signatures from the locals for submitting a deputation with the police against the accused," he said.

"Enraged following the quarrel, the accused took out a knife from his shop and randomly attacked the petitioners, injuring six of them," the officer added.

All the six injured people are undergoing treatment at a hospital and the condition of two of them is critical, he said, adding further investigation is underway.

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