Nagpur youth seriously hurt in attack after objecting to harassment of friend's sister

Nagpur: A youth who objected to the harassment of his friend's sister was attacked and seriously injured. The incident took place at Punapur Chowk in Bhawani Nagar, under Pardi.

Pranay Hemraj Hirankhede, a resident of Bharatiya Lokkalyan Society in Bhawani Nagar, had been told by his friend that the accused, Jaykumar alias Jitu Manwar Kosare, was harassing the friend's sister. Seeing his friend's distress, Pranay counselled Jaykumar. Jaykumar took offence at this.

To take revenge, Jaykumar called six other associates to the spot. They then surrounded Pranay in front of his house and began abusing him. They attacked him with sticks, kicks and punches, leaving him seriously injured.

Pardi police have registered a case against seven accused under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The accused are Krishna Gopal Yadav, Jaykumar alias Jitu Manwar Kosare, Rohit alias Natkhat Omprakash Kaushale, Akash Ganesh Sahu, Sameer alias Mithu Pardeshi Maheshwari, Karan and Devrada Kalaram Kosare.