Shiv Sena (Hindu) leader attacked in Punjab jail

Rupnagar: The self-styled president of a little-known political outfit serving a four-year imprisonment in a fraud case was injured when at least five inmates attacked him with a sharp-edged weapon on Tuesday morning, police said. Nishant Sharma, the Shiv Sena (Hindu) leader, was lodged in Rupnagar sub-jail here. SSP Swapan Sharma said investigations were underway and it was being ascertained how attackers broke open the barrack where Nishant Sharma was lodged. IG (Prisons) V Neerja along with the SSP visited the jail. After the incident, Nishant Sharma was taken to the hospital for treatment and then brought back to jail, police said. He was awarded four years of imprisonment by a Ropar court in a fraud case on Monday, police said. Nihsant Sharma was booked in 2011 by Kurali police on the complaint of Hisar resident Anil Kumar who had alleged that he duped him of Rs 1.50 lakh. He had earlier been provided security allegedly after facing life threat from some Sikh radicals. PTI