Gang Violence: 11 men flog kabaddi champions with hockey sticks
The gang severely beat the men until residents intervened and shifted them to a local hospital.
SITRA:
Well known kabbaddi players Shahbaz and Abdul Razaq were brutally beaten with hockey sticks on Friday evening.
The brothers were attacked in the street by a gang of eleven people who flogged them with hockey sticks and hit them with bricks.
Sitra residents Abdul Razaq and Shahbaz Razaq are district kabaddi champions and reportedly had a long-standing rivalry with their neighbour Tanvir Ahmed.
“Tanvir and the Razaq brothers had faced off in several kabaddi matches and they were looking to seek revenge for their loss,” said a Sitra village resident. On Friday evening Tanvir Ahmed, Muhammad Nawaz, Pervaiz, Munir Ahmed and others attacked the brothers in a street outside a tea house.
The gang severely beat the men until residents intervened and shifted them to a local hospital.
Hospital officials have said that both brothers are in critical condition. Police officials have registered a case and started an investigation.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 03rd, 2011
Well known kabbaddi players Shahbaz and Abdul Razaq were brutally beaten with hockey sticks on Friday evening.
The brothers were attacked in the street by a gang of eleven people who flogged them with hockey sticks and hit them with bricks.
Sitra residents Abdul Razaq and Shahbaz Razaq are district kabaddi champions and reportedly had a long-standing rivalry with their neighbour Tanvir Ahmed.
“Tanvir and the Razaq brothers had faced off in several kabaddi matches and they were looking to seek revenge for their loss,” said a Sitra village resident. On Friday evening Tanvir Ahmed, Muhammad Nawaz, Pervaiz, Munir Ahmed and others attacked the brothers in a street outside a tea house.
The gang severely beat the men until residents intervened and shifted them to a local hospital.
Hospital officials have said that both brothers are in critical condition. Police officials have registered a case and started an investigation.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 03rd, 2011