Four labourers thrashed and looted by mob, one stabbed

Rajkot: Four labourers were thrashed by a mob while they were disposing kitchen waste in Gulabnagar area of Rajkot on Wednesday night. Police said that they have arrested four of the five accused who attacked the labourers. They added that the condition of one of the victims was critical.

According to police, Pradhyuman Chauhan (23), a resident of Gulabnagar on Kotharia road, lodged a complaint of loot and attempted murder against Rahul Koli, his two brothers and two unidentified persons for the assault.

The accused had attacked Pradhyuman, Pradeep Yadav, Sunil Chauhan and Yashvant Chauhan, all native of Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh. They work as labourers in different industrial units of Rajkot.

The incident occurred on Wednesday night when Pradhyuman and other victims went to dispose of kitchen waste in an open plot outside their house.

The five accused, hiding in the shrub, attacked them and asked them to hand over their mobile phones and other valuable items. When the victims refused, the accused thrashed them and stolen their mobile phones. One of the assailants stabbed Pradeep in the abdomen.

Based on the compliant, police detained four accused and are questioning them.