Lokmat News Network
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
A car first forcefully hit a motorbike, knocking it down, and then the rider was brutally attacked with sticks, leaving him seriously injured. The incident occurred around 2.40 pm on Saturday near Mondha Phata on the Sillod-Kannad road.
The injured young man has been identified as Adinath Patil (32, Dhanora, Sillod tehsil). Adinath Patil was riding his motorbike (MH-20-DN-6071) from Sillod towards Dhanora when a white car with no number plate hit him from behind near Mondha Phata. Adinath fell to the side of the road, sustaining injuries. Three unknown men who got out of the car then attacked him with sticks, causing serious injuries, before fleeing the scene. Based on Adinath’s complaint, Sillod Rural Police have registered a case against the unidentified attackers.
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Suspicion on sand mafia
A few days ago, Adinath Patil had filed a complaint against sand smugglers in Dhanora. Following this, authorities had taken action against them. It is suspected that this attack was carried out by the sand smugglers out of revenge. Adinath mentioned this in his police complaint, and the police have also started investigating this angle.