Ahmedabad: A head constable with Ahmedabad traffic police was allegedly assaulted with sticks and knuckledusters by a group of men in a dispute over a chair during Navratri celebrations at a society in New Naroda on Wednesday night.The complainant, who is also the society chairman, was hospitalised with a head injury. Naroda police on Friday registered a complaint against eight, including four unidentified persons.According to the FIR, around 10.30pm on Thursday, while garba was under way, one woman asked another to give up the chair she was sitting on for her. A heated argument ensued after the woman refused to get up. Society members intervened and pacified both sides. Around 10.45pm, two men arrived on a motorcycle and allegedly began hurling abuses at residents while supporting the woman who was asked to give up her chair. The two were asked to leave.The situation escalated when another group arrived later on scooters and on foot, some of them carrying sticks. One man entered the society and allegedly attacked the chairman when he tried to intervene.The complainant alleged that he was struck with a stick two or three times before being attacked with a knuckleduster above the ear. Residents intervened and rescued him.
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