Several injured, including a girl, as two families clash with knives and sticks in Jabalpur's Gohalpur

Two families clashed over an old enmity in the Badhaiya locality of Gohalpur in Jabalpur on Monday evening. Both sides are said to have attacked each other with sticks and knives.

Four to five people, including a girl, were injured in the fight. All have been admitted to the district hospital for treatment. The entire incident was caught on a CCTV camera installed nearby. In the footage that has emerged, some people from the accused side can be seen holding weapons.

A member of the injured family said they have had a long-running dispute with neighbours Adi, Bambam and Ramesh Chaudhary. According to him, at around 4 pm on Monday a woman of the family was working outside the house when the accused began harassing her. When this was protested, women from the accused side also arrived and assaulted them. A girl from the family was also caught up in the assault. Both were then admitted to hospital.

The same member said that at night he was taking clothes and food to a relative admitted to the hospital when the accused stopped him again. The girl was attacked with a kada (metal bangle), while he and his brother Laxman were stabbed with a knife, he said.

The victim family alleges that the accused have a criminal bent and have been involved in several cases before. The family also says the accused are roaming about openly after the incident and are threatening them.

Gohalpur police station in-charge Ritesh Pandey said the injured have been admitted to hospital for treatment. Gohalpur police have registered a case on the basis of a complaint. The matter is being investigated and a search is on for the attackers. No arrest had been reported by the time this report was written.