The owner of a roadside restaurant in Uttar Pradesh’s Balrampur was seriously injured after being stabbed for demanding payment for food from two customers, police said on Thursday.
An officer said that the incident took place under Kotwali Nagar police station area on Wednesday, after which the accused were arrested and the weapon used in the attack was recovered.
Circle Officer (City) Jyotishree said Rahul Sonkar, who runs a food stall in the area, was attacked after two men named Raju Singh and Sanjay Singh tried to leave without paying for their meal.
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When Sonkar demanded payment, the accused allegedly abused him using caste-based insults and assaulted him with a knife with intent to kill, causing serious injuries, the officer said.
The injured man was initially taken to District Memorial Hospital in Balrampur. But the police said that after his condition was found to be critical, doctors referred him to a hospital in Bahrain to receive advanced treatment.
The officer said that a case has been registered against the accused under the relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Act and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act at Kotwali Nagar police station.
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The police said that the accused were arrested and the knife allegedly used in the attack was confiscated.
They added that further investigations are underway.
