Kunda police arrest five for assaulting Prayagraj family
Those arrested were Priyanshu Maurya (19), Sunil Maurya (26), Chandan Yadav (19), Anurag Maurya (20) and Jitendra Yadav (19) of Kunda.
Inspector (Kunda) Avan Dixit told TOI that a devotee from Purshottampur Malakia, Holagarh (Prayagraj), along with his family, visited to Mangarh-based Bhakti Dham on July 13. While moving towards Mangarh (Kunda), his car hit a scooty, following which the two parties exchanged heated arguments.
On their return, the scooty rider, along with his friends, stopped his car near Kunda road and assaulted him and his family members.
The miscreants also broke the front windowpanes of the car, following which an FIR was lodged with Kunda police under sections 191(2), 352, 351(3), and 324(4) against 8 unknown persons.
Cops managed to arrest five of them and hunt is on for others.
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