Punjab Shiv Sena leader Sandeep Thapar attacked by Nihangs with swords in Ludhiana | Ludhiana News

LUDHIANA: Punjab Shiv Sena leader and descendant of martyr Sukhdev Thapar, Sandeep Thapar, was attacked with swords by a group of Nihangs outside the Ludhiana Civil Hospital on Friday afternoon.

It is also important that Thapad received police protection and the attack took place in front of his shooter.

Shiv Sena Punjab president Rajiv Tandon said, “Sandeep Thapar had gone to the Civil Hospital to attend a memorial function of BJP leader Ravinder Arora.

As soon as he came out of the hospital with his gunman, a group of Nihangs disrupted the case. The accused attacked Sandeep Thapar with swords in front of his gunman, who did nothing to save him.”

While the accused fled the scene, the injured man was taken to the CMC Hospital, from where the doctors referred him to the DMC Hospital.

After the attack, Shiv Sena leaders protested against the police administration at the Civil Hospital and later at the DMC Hospital.