AMRITSAR – Two unidentified persons, including a Nihang, chopped off a hand of a bank employee at Naushehra Kalan village and decamped with his bag containing Rs 1,500, a tablet and a register here on Monday.
Anand Vishwas was on his way back from Naushehra Kalan village after collecting money from two persons when two motorcycle-borne men attacked him. When he resisted, the accused chopped his hand off with a sword.
SHO Yaadwinder Singh said the police were carrying out raids to nab the accused who had been captured on a CCTV camera.
The victim has been identified as Anand Vishwas of West Bengal. He was returning to his office after collecting monthly instalments when the incident took place, a video of which has gone viral. A case was registered at the Kamboh police station on the statement of Vishwas’s colleague Ankit Mittal. The police were yet to record Vishwas’s statement.
Mittal said they were on their way back from Naushehra Kalan village when two motorcycle-borne men came from behind. “A Nihang, who was riding pillion, hit Vishwas with his sword, chopping off his hand in which he was holding the bag,” he said. Vishwas was rushed to a hospital. Kamboh SHO Yaadwinder Singh said they were carrying out raids to nab the accused who were captured on a CCTV camera. A case under Sections 307 and 379-B of IPC had been registered.
