Chandigarh: Seven people, including five Nihang Sikhs, were arrested from a gurdwara in Punjab, hours after an attack on a police team in lockdown enforcement duty in Patiala, in which an assistant sub inspector's hand was chopped off.
According to reports, a group of four-five 'Nihangs' (Sikhs armed with traditional weapons and dressed in loose blue top) launched an assault on ASI and banged the vehicle against the gate and barricades.
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The Nihangs were asked to show curfew passes when they went on a rampage. The attackers fled to Balbera close by and were arrested from a gurdwara there.
With a lockdown in place, barricades were put up outside the market and police personnel were regulating entry by asking for curfew passes when the mob launched the attack.
