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Attack by Nihangs: ASI's hand reattached at Chandigarh's PGIMER

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Press Trust of India Chandigarh

Doctors at the Chandigarh's PGIMER successfully reattached an ASI's hand chopped off in an attack by a group of Nihangs in Punjab's Patiala on Sunday, officials said.

Assistant Sub-Inspector Harjeet Singh's hand was cut with a sword while three other Punjab policemen and a mandi official sustained injuries when the Nihangs attacked them after being asked to show curfew passes at a vegetable market in Patiala district.

The Punjab Police has arrested 11 people, including a woman, in connection with the attack.

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First Published: Apr 12 2020 | 8:20 PM IST

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