Mumbai Crime: Housing society chairman, son attack man at meeting

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A 25-year-old man was seriously injured after the chairman of his housing society and three others attacked him with bamboo sticks and iron rods over some issue in suburban Kurla, police said on Monday.

Police arrested two people in connection with the incident that occurred on Saturday night. The victim, Saqlain Salim Qureshi, landed in a hospital while the prime accused, Badshah Ansari, is on the run.

Ansari, a developer, his son, Sultan, and their two associates attacked Qureshi after he objected to Ansari abusing some residents of the society and forcing them to leave the meeting when they questioned his work. The arrested accused have been identified as Ansari's son, Sultan, and his friend, Hussain, an official said.

"We have arrested two people in the attack case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) including 326 (Voluntarily causing grievance hurt by dangerous weapon)," Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Zone VI, Krishnakant Upadhyay said.

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